Linux is not hard, it's ignored
We've all heard the complaint: "Linux is just too hard to use". Very often it's not defined in any more detail than that but it is enough for most users to write Linux off.
So, is Linux too hard?
Honestly, Linux used to be hard to use. Ten years ago I could regularly be found sweating and cursing in front an unresponsive PC, willing the Linux software on it to do something, anything to validate the many hours I had sunk into getting it to run. It was a thankless task with little obvious reward but it somehow made sense. And when something did work right it was like being part of a secret club; a group of insiders who knew something more important than anyone else. Which probably has a lot to do with the way Linux is perceived now.
Linux on the desktop is not hard to use. It is different.
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