1. Linux is easier to RUN than Windows.

2. However, it is harder to LEARN.

3. The reasons why Linux is harder to learn than Windows have more to do with culture than technology. If your computer came with Linux preinstalled-- and if everyone around you ran Linux-- we wouldn't be having this conversation.

4. If you expect to live more than ten years, and you expect to be running a computer for the rest of your life-- it's probably well worth the effort to learn Linux.

I originally put this in my signature, but Holy CRAP, that does make for a long signature! So I put it in a thread instead. Hope someone somewhere will benefit.