[Xolvix]

Visit your local library. I guarantee you they'll be running Windows and you can just do the test there.

Linux may have taken over the world but its percentages are still crappy in the desktop side of things. If you're gonna make the choice to use a minority desktop OS, you have to be prepared to deal with the fact we're still living in a Windows world and things like this can and will happen from time to time.

A typical person won't "lack technical wherewithal to circumvent these difficulties" because even the poorest folks are using Windows in one form or another. It's mostly the tech-heads who choose Linux, and they made their bed.