Some things in Linux are hard. Get over it!
In the continuing scuffles between the various operating system advocacy's there is a recurring argument against Linux that it is hard to use. I emphatically disagree. Using a configured Linux distribution is no different to using any other configured operating system. You turn your computer on, play around with your mouse (computer mouse that is) and bash away on the keyboard. Things may have different names and be in different positions but those differences are, for those of average intelligence, trivial.
The real problem is that Linux, like any operating system, is not all fun and games. It has its easy to understand sections and hard to understand sections. Over the very quickly evolving life span of Linux it has become super easy to use for normal daily routine tasks. When you wish to wander away from the beaten path is when neurons which lay dormant sluggishly activate. This is when Linux starts to become hard.
Underneath the glitzy and glamorous user interface there lies a powerful engine of number crunching awesomeness. Those who travel these cavernous regions should only do so with experience and a knowledgeable guide, or risk falling into bottomless pits of data destruction.
Seriously, some things in Linux are hard.
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