Most WinXP users who have never used a newer version of Windows will find Win8 to be VERY frustrating. I suspect the learning curve for such users would not be as steep if they went to one of the modern Windows-user-friendly Linux distros such as (Ubuntu-based) Mint 14. Similarly, a Microsoft Word 97 user would be lost in Word 2013, but would feel right at home in the current Linux version of OpenOffice or LibreOffice Writer.
There are a few things I miss, of course. I can’t understand GIMP at all, for one thing.
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