> Therefore I am rather skeptical that you can just throw some Linux distro at a bunch of novice computer users without large amounts of friction. Not your mai

> Therefore I am rather skeptical that you can just throw some Linux distro at a bunch of novice computer users without large amounts of friction. Not your main point, but: If they really were novice computer users it would be a snap; the problem is that they aren't -- can't be, if they're already conditioned to Windows being "the standard". Then again, I think that this is often exaggerated, even for long-time Windows users. What's so hard about switching -- "Oh, but people are so used to all their handy Windows shortcuts!"? Bah -- they don't even know they exist!