Who needs to harass anyone? Windows software is dreamed up by marketing guys and pushed to the end user. Linux software is written by the people WHO USE IT. That gives them the incentive to fix any problems in the software.
"Frequent updates are not a good thing. I want to spend my time working, not fixing or improving or patching my OS and software."
My computer ran without interuptions or crashes for 4 months. I got alot of work done during all of that time I wasn't rebooting due to a blue screen of death.
Maybe RH 7 is better....
Redhat is on 7.1. You should upgrade that 6.0 box.
Linux is a good OS for geeks and for serving web pages. It's not a good OS for Maceman.
You know Maceman?
My point is there are alternatives. Linux is good. Don't like Redhat. Fine. Debian. TurboLinux. Suse.
Or even one of the BSDs.
Maceman, if you read this, don't buy into the whole "it's not friendly enough for most users" line. Somewhere near you is a Linux user group that would be eager to help you make the switch.