[chilepepper]

With modern distro's such as Ubuntu and Fedora, the learning curve for running a desktop linux system has been tremendously flattened, and is now, IMO, equivalent to a new computer user learning XP from scratch.

and if you compare the Linux learning curve to Vista, it is probably less.

[MichiganMan]

and if you compare the Linux learning curve to Vista, it is probably less.

I imagine you're right. I have my 60 year old mother using Linux on her home system. She still needs advice here and there, but less I estimate than if she was sitting down to a new installation of Vista.