Actually, what you can't stand is the GNU tool chain and other various accompaniments like X11 that are considerably long in the tooth. Technically, Linux is a very, very small part of the average Linux distribution. Hell, you can sub out Linux for one of the BSD kernels and the average user would have no idea.
Right, but my issue is directed at the people who use Android. It didn't start outselling iPhone because of techies like us alone - 'normal' people use it, 'normal' people who would otherwise never use 'linux' and probably don't realize they're already using it on their phone, and the key to that is they got rid of all* the parts about linux that cause headaches for average users.