... and big trucks have far too many wheels and gears - why aren't they more easy to drive, like cars.
... and Formula 1 cars will never get popular unless they make them so you can carry your shopping and put your dog in the back.

If you want windows - run windows ...

I thought, Ubuntu, Mepis, Mandriva, Mint, Progex, fit all those areas fine. Its not easy though, to teach an old dog new tricks. Being an old dog, I can say that.

linux will always be linux is a famous sentence of linus torvalds.

'if there is a will there is a way'.if u never love2 linux,u cant live vt linux coz linux isnt windows or mac.linux is linux. I tried several linux flavours. now i use opensuse11.it works well vt me. "if u want2do everything vt a single click,pls change mouse settings2use single clicks instead of double clicks".in linux,ther R severl desktop envirnmnts that suits2us.
play vt linux.dont think abt rumours.
u'l find da world is better than u
think

Sorry to read that you find Linux still too technical. I don't have the same experience. I am mostly using Ubuntu and like it far more than Windows. The funny thing is that I never had to use the command line to do something, everything was "point and click". I never had to install special drivers too.
However, I know that drivers are an issue still. Not because of Linux, but because the producers refuse to produce a Linux driver and so the community has to do a lot of work to make one. That it's a bit difficult to install such a driver is something I can live with.
About the file system: in my opinion the Linux file system is very understandable and flexible, but surely it's different from Windows. But I'm sure you didn't get it all when you first used Windows, so give it some time to get used to Linux. In a few weeks you will get used to it.