How do you even come up to this conclusion? Knowing the magic key sequence is not required to operate a Linux system at all. If a Windows box froze, and you h

How do you even come up to this conclusion? Knowing the magic key sequence is not required to operate a Linux system at all. If a Windows box froze, and you had a (somewhat slim) chance of gracefully shutting it down, would you not use it? Would you call pressing F8 to access magical boot options in Windows, a reason non-technical people wouldn't use Windows?