Given, my experience is a couple years out of date, but back when I tried desktop Linux, the number of applications that just flat-out crashed was shocking to m

Given, my experience is a couple years out of date, but back when I tried desktop Linux, the number of applications that just flat-out crashed was shocking to me. I can use my Windows desktop for months without seeing an application crash, and when it does it's usually a game or some other app built for entertainment and not serious work. The Linux kernel is, I'm sure, just a stable as the Windows NT kernel and all that-- but the desktop applications are fragile as heck, and I know exactly what the grandparent is talking about. (I am not and never will be a CLI user, and I don't like tinkering with bullshit-- I want my computers to just work the first time. To pre-empt some of the obvious replies I'm likely to get.)