[VariableStar]

Agree. The article writes nothing new but it is ok to remind people anyway! I have been using Linux exclusively since 2005 and IMO there is nothing that makes it a lesser desktop in comparison with other OS:es. On the contrary, having become used to bare-bones and pragmatic look and feel of XFCE I find the Windows desktop bloated and forbidding. Linux and the Linux desktop have been mature enough for production use by non-technical people since many (>15) years. I know of several people who are not at all interested in computers that use Linux without any trouble. In my limited experience, the problem seems to come from the outside. For example, when one collaborator/coworker/friend wants this person to use a particular application or feature in application that is not easily found or replicated in Linux. Then that person may feel compelled to change.