[jack57]

This complexity, my technically oriented friends, is part of the reason normal people do not use Linux.

[NotHereNotThere]

How do you even come up to this conclusion? Knowing the magic key sequence is not required to operate a Linux system at all.

If a Windows box froze, and you had a (somewhat slim) chance of gracefully shutting it down, would you not use it?

Would you call pressing F8 to access magical boot options in Windows, a reason non-technical people wouldn't use Windows?