I never could get into Linux. I tried Mandrake a few years back--I think it was 8.0--and had a terrible time. Couldn't install my DSL modem's drivers, and couldn't deal with the file system.
I'm hoping OS X will be a bit more user-friendly.
Terpfen, this is the thing some of us have to deal with- not everyone has the option of moving from Windows. I'll cheerfully admit to agreeing with the theory that "Windows is a virus"-- but as long as the wife gives me resistance to trying another OS, I'm stuck with it.
I tried Mandrake 9 last summer when hijackers took over both home PC's-- and had to go back to Windows. Wife problems, hardware problems, couldn't see the dam' tiny icons... it was just a little too much of everything.
When Linux gets to a stage where you pop it in a drive and install it without having to join forums, get new hardware, etc., it will be ready for Prime Time. But not before that.