>>31
Very true, the registry is fucking mess. But, for the most part, the end user isn't forced to browse the registry to use programs on their computer.
I'm sure Linux seems organized if you know it and grew up on it. The same with DOS/Windows users. If I had never really used DOS or Windows and only really used Linux, I would probably be so utterly confused by most of what DOS and Windows use for "standards". Alas, this is not the case. Quite the opposite actually.
For me, Linux seems like a really nice, quick, streamlined operating enviornment until you actually have to start installing and configuring software for it. Things like appget make life easier, but installing or running an application I just download of the Internet requires a masters degree in programming. Why can't I just double click an install program, choose a folder to install it and let the installer go to work? Why can't it be easy? I'm sure for hardcore Linux users, you have reasons that make sense to you, but for someone who's used Windows operating systems their whole life, it's a hard (read: impossible) sell.
Also,
>>18 is a pretty classic "Linux defense" argument. Start talking about Linux not making sense or being too hard to use, and instead of the user base trying to explain the benefits and helping out, they just spout off some "you're fucking stupid" lines. Please tell me how you expect to convince people that Linux is a better choice with reactions like that?
Linux will never become as popular as Windows as long as a Windows user in a Linux conversation continues to be treated as a black person in a KKK meeting.