I apologise for not really making a useful contribution, but I'd like to mention that I've been using Linux exclusively since 1995, both on my personal PCs and at work. I do find Microsoft operating systems difficult and frustrating to use in the extreme, when I'm confronted with one, so I guess it all boils down to what you're used to. Empirical evidence from those computer users which I've trained from the ground up under Linux would seem to confirm that observation.
I'm not advocating Linux, btw. You can use whatever you want, I'm just saying the original question is a bit of a non-sequitur. Try it, see if you like it, if not find something else, as simple as that really.
