Wasn't sold by the article. Trying to suggest to Windows users that they abandon their platform for Linux is a bit silly really, clickbait at best. People are

Wasn't sold by the article. Trying to suggest to Windows users that they abandon their platform for Linux is a bit silly really, clickbait at best. People are okay with Windows and wouldn't be happy on Linux unless they have gone part of the way already, e.g. struggled with development on some Virtualbox thing and need the productivity of going native on Linux. To me the difference between consumer operating systems and Linux is exactly that - the paid for operating systems are a bit like consumer goods, you aren't expected to go under the hood. Sure you can use them for software development but they are designed for running user friendly programs where everything is made easy. I think that there are parallels in everything from hairdressing to the automotive world. If you cut hair then the tools of the trade cost a fortune and those scissors have to be sharpened monthly or replaced if dropped. You wouldn't recommend those scissors to someone doing a craft class with their toddler. Or in automotive. You can race any consumer grade car but if you get into it properly then the whole thing is different, no fancy dashboard, rose joints that you have to replace all the time, a roll cage instead of central door locking, the thing probably isn't even road legal. And there isn't a 'sports' of 'M' badge on the back by the time you get into it as full on lifestyle choice. Most people don't want to do linux things any more than a non-track-day motorist wants to open up the bonnet of their lease-financed car on the motorway (on the way to the in laws).