“With the sudden media explosion about Linux in the last
year, more and more people are looking at Linux and asking, “Is
this right for me?” This being a very ambiguous question, it goes
without saying that it all depends on who you are.“
“Linux, initially developed by college and university students
around the world, has a highly technical background that never
included behaving as a desktop operating system. As such, I have a
hard time recommending Linux to most computer users and
enthusiasts. It suffers from usability issues, including a heavy
reliance on the text-only command line interface, and relatively
weak hardware support. It is still way to easy for a user logged in
as root to completely trash a system, requiring a full reinstall of
the distribution.”