[Echo Talon]

i would say that im a little more than the "average" computer user. I build my own systems and install my own software, and everything. If i ever have a problem I get online and ask in different forums, where i have found lots of help. Linux to me is just way to foreign, i gave it a shot a respectable shot i thought i gave it a few months and a few different distros, its just WAY harder to learn than windows. I was spending all my time learning and NO time actually doing anything, after a few months i gave up. If people can actually get it woking right more power to them. :)

[softwarecreator]

Yeah, I'm quite above the average user level too and I had a real hard time getting it configured the way I want it to be.  That's my whole point ... regular, normal users will find Linux way too challenging to use.

[zeugma]

I believe earlier on either this thread or another one recently you said that you'd tried a couple of distributions. You might want to give it a go again. I've been amazed at the usability improvements that has been made in just the past couple of years.

The 'live' CDs available today are truely impressive if you have the memory to do it, and provide people an easy way to test things out safely. I'd urge anyone who has been living in antivirus/spyware hell the past few years to check out alternatives to MS-Windows.

My MIL has been running Linux exclusively for several months now, and has had less issues with it than she used to have with MS-Windows.