> However, most users who aren't willing to become technically savvy will have a better time with windows.
Here's what I've observed on this one.
If you put a Linux machine in front of, say, a 15 year old, they immediately figure it out.
If you put one in front of an adult who has been using Windows for 30 years, they get mad at you. Because they already know how to do Z thing in Windows and for Linux they have to figure it out or look it up. Which as a general rule isn't any harder to do on Linux than it is on Windows -- it's often easier -- but they already did it on Windows 30 years ago and don't want to do it again.
That lasts for all of a few hours of use before they've figured out how to do the things they commonly do, if they don't give up.
Here's what I've observed on this one.
If you put a Linux machine in front of, say, a 15 year old, they immediately figure it out.
If you put one in front of an adult who has been using Windows for 30 years, they get mad at you. Because they already know how to do Z thing in Windows and for Linux they have to figure it out or look it up. Which as a general rule isn't any harder to do on Linux than it is on Windows -- it's often easier -- but they already did it on Windows 30 years ago and don't want to do it again.
That lasts for all of a few hours of use before they've figured out how to do the things they commonly do, if they don't give up.