Linux has made a huge impact on the server market, but the same can’t be said for the desktop market — and for good reason. Despite making strides in the last several years, it’s still tricky for the uninitiated to use, and the user interfaces of the various distributions remain far inferior to those of Windows or Mac OS X.

this is a blatant lie that i wish would die already. there are plenty of distros that make life very easy for new linux users. not only that but there are plenty of DEs that mimick Windows and Mac interfaces. people change grandparents’ computers to linux all the time and report that they don’t even notice the difference.