linux sucks

there's no drivers.  even if there is you have to compile them
middle click and anything beyond it like extra mouse buttons is all fucked up
if you want to do anything beyond word processing, it's all text based shit, I though we evolved past that with guis and the mouse
sound is fucked up
why do you have to have a password and and file permission shit.  this isn't a server
no codecs
sucks with flash and any other embeded content(including java)
when a program crashes you have to restart xorg when you dont find it in top.
linux's server-like shit bugs me.  it's like a big hack job so you can run it all on one computer
it boots slow. vista is faster then this shit

It's really about low self esteem. Most of you anti-linux windows users on this thread are probably considered by your parents and friends to be 'savvy' with computers. You can overclock your cpu, upgrade your ram, install games, etc.

So, one day you hear about linux and decide to give it a try. You should be able to handle it, because you're they guy that mom comes to when her windows machine breaks. Maybe the install goes well, and you feel pretty good about yourself. Then you run into some simple problem. Maybe you can't figure out how to install software because download.com doesn't have a linux section. You can install software on windows, you can't on linux, so you're driven to the conclusion that linux is inferior, ignoring the fact you've been windows for a decade or more and linux only for a few hours/days.

But it's not just that you can't learn, or handle change-- you can't handle the fact that there's an entire group of individuals who are better at computers than you are.

They understand the hardware better, they understand the basic principles of computer science better, they know how networks work better than you. They understand the pros and cons of filesystems (including ntfs) because on linux, you get to choose FS's; they understand the principles behind operating system design because they run into phrases like "microkernel" and "monolithic kernels"; they can probably program, too, since learning a scripting language vastly improves productivity on linux (and this really pisses you off, since programming was one thing you always failed at on windows.) Oh, and they probably know windows better than you, since most advanced linux users these days are ex-windows users who managed to learn linux years ago, when it was much less user friendly.

At this point, a confident individual would admit to himself he has a lot to learn about linux and computers in general. But since you lack the self esteem to do that, you run back to windows, install farcry (or whatever) and keep repeating to yourself "at least I can run games. at least I can run games."

If you're looking for a job, all this hits you even harder, because you realize a lot of the jobs require linux in one way or another. Even many of the windows related jobs recommend linux! At this point, you rationalize "well the only thing I know is windows, so I must be a windows expert!" as if knowing only one thing makes you an automatic expert, or that learning linux forces you to forget windows entirely.

Then you find out, you didn't know windows that well, either. Active Directory? Group Policy? Kerberos? What's that?  So what now? You're out of school, you thought you were a hotshot because you were able to reinstall norton antivirus on your mom's computer, and you suddenly realize: that same unwillingness to learn linux has basically pigeonholed you into a low-level windows help desk position! You end up all pissed off because you spend all day changing toner cartridges, clicking on icons you've clicked on thousands of times before, and rebooting unpatched windows xp machines for secretaries and data entry people (who hate your guts btw).