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I agree to an extent. But it is impossible to deny that in any situation, too much choice is overwhelming. Mac OS' specifically (but also windows') have 'killer apps' that are quite clearly the best, or if not, the best any 'non-geek' is going to find. Knowing what packages you want is somewhat harder when faced with, e.g., a text list of 20 remote desktop programs that synaptic might throw at you.

Swings and roundabouts, perhaps, but if you are trying to steal the market as some linux disto's attempt to, an initial reaction of "how do I choose" is never going to be a good starter. Before ubuntu was the immediate choice for most newbies, even choosing a distro was a difficult enough decision. That is where I lean towards Jason's 'by geeks for geeks' direction. It is the geeks who can be bothered to invest the time most wont. As someone who is not in an IT proffesion, I sometimes wonder if the time spent becoming familiar with linux is overall productive. I think maybe not.

But now I am here, I would never go back :P

No... I think you have mistaken familiar (to you) with ease-of-use... Sure... if you know alot about routing and TCPIP then installing networks is easy... because its familiar... I am talking about ease-of-use to the end user... someone who doesn't know anything about computers...

I put Ubuntu on a PC for my mother in-law and she HATES it... Asks me everyday to put Windows back on it... Probably would if she wasn't my mother in-law ;)