"Many users get annoyed by everyday troubles that still affect Windows systems. Whether it is a failing driver, problems caused by poorly written applications or a virus infection, any consumer type version of Windows can be considered more susceptible to problems than a decent Linux distribution. So why not use Linux instead?
"There are different options in the Linux space; Red Hat and SuSe are two of the most popular ones. However, thorough success of Linux has been prevented by the many differences between available distributions, and by the fact that Windows not only has a nice look and feel, it also offers the broadest selection of software. Finally, changing habits is always rather difficult..."