A home user who does not want (or who is too lazy to learn the ins and outs) of any operating system, should not be using that operating system. Specifically, if a user is not interested in learning how to use Linux, then do not use Linux, and just use Windoze, because that product is specifically built for the type of mentality you are describing.

yeah crazy right. i mean who wants to buy a tv just to watch their favorite programs, and not wanting to learn about the inner workings of it!

stfu linux robot

Your analogy is not correct for the statement it refers too.
jmirles, posted an observation that, while it may be asking for an opposing comment, does not at all deserve a rude insult.
Installing a program on Windows (which only takes one click per some posts ) can hardly be compared with building a TV from a kit.

I would hope that a mod would comment that STFU is hardly a proper followup to a decent comment.

Signed,
Another linux robot.

Yeah, and with a TV you do not have to learn how to switch it on, tune the presets, learn how to operate the different functions on the remote control, adjust the volume, color, brightness etc for ambient conditions.

And connecting up VCRs and setting the timer and programming it to record you favorite shows etc.

And as for connecting up digital decoder boxes and dealing with HDTV, well that's just too much to expect, is it not?

I mean people just do not want to learn do they, because they are too lazy to deal with their ignorance?

A PC and the OS and software that goes with it, is a tool.

Do you learn how to use a tool (hammer, saw, chisel) properly?

And people just buy cars and do not want to learn how the innards work, but they still have to take driving lessons and pass a test
the last I heard.

So do you really think that it is any different with PCs?

No pain, no gain, adapt and learn.

My opinion is to try out Mandrake or RedHat for beginning, than move onto something like Debian or Slackware. Lindows is alright but it will teach you bad habits, like where it puts some files. If you are going to try out GNU/Linux try out one that follows at least some standards.
John Hornbeck