[marketingPro]

It was never hard to run Linux. It was always hard to make Linux perform at the same expectations as Windows.

Messing around with chromium versions and netflix's plugin was not fun when you just wanted to watch a show.

It's not polished, any distro.

But Linux server is GOAT.

[pessimizer]

It's often been hard to run Linux, and the expectations of Windows are very low. When I was being pressured to switch to Linux by peers, it was because of the crappiness and instability of Windows, not any particular merit to Linux (other than not crashing constantly and not having to be restarted after every update.)

edit: I have to say that I don't use netflix or play video games.