Certainly 10 years ago and debatably 15 years ago Linux already had graphical installers and more comprehensive out of the box drivers (in certain distros) than

Certainly 10 years ago and debatably 15 years ago Linux already had graphical installers and more comprehensive out of the box drivers (in certain distros) than Windows. Mandrake, RedHat, SuSe were all very user friendly around the turn of the century. BSDs took a little more work, but were relatively friendly to install and worked on a wide variety of hardware around that time as well.