While it's a difficulty in understanding a Linux system as a whole, it means you can understand pieces without understanding the entire system. One of the major

While it's a difficulty in understanding a Linux system as a whole, it means you can understand pieces without understanding the entire system. One of the major difficulties I've had learning about Windows systems is that it's one coherent system (as least compared to Linux), so it's hard to understand a component without also having to understand how it integrates with the entire system.