>> I've struggled before with using Linux as my full-time operating environment both at work and at home. More or less than Windows? http://superuser.com/quest

>> I've struggled before with using Linux as my full-time operating environment both at work and at home. More or less than Windows? http://superuser.com/questions/142873/windows-7-not-recognizing-camera-nor-iphone-as-camera http://superuser.com/questions/142873/windows-7-not-recogniz... >> It's an impressive achievement, and it's also a sad comment... Huh? >> Linux is not yet "ready for the desktop," and I'm doubtful it will ever be—at least not in the sense that an average person could use it full-time without any assistance. >> but there's no way I'd feel comfy installing even newbie-friendly Ubuntu or Mint on my parents' computers. My wife is as non-techie as you can get, we bought an Dell Laptop which came with Ubuntu for her sometime back, she has no trouble, logging in, browsing, using Open Office for simple documents and spreadsheets, Skype, Google Voice, email. Hmm, when I read stuff indicating that modern Linux especially Ubuntu is hard for ordinary users it honestly makes me question the true motivation of the author when the author is a blogger who pretends to have a clue.