Don't make me think/Rev II

Linux, the best OS in the world, gets no love. Why, because the interface sucks. As a front end guy who knows a little bit, tragic comes to mind as Linux is the "coders" place, the guys who build engines for other mechanics and not for the great unwashed like me. Jobs famously said, Don't make me think, truer words never spoken. I would go to Linux in a heart beat if it was easy to install and the front end was designed by guys like me as I know enough to be dangerous in terms of systems and "dumb" enough to ask questions as no question is stupid unless unasked. 

Linux is a very mature platform, and its hardware support is impressive. It goes a long way to support popular devices, like graphics cards, but proprietary devices often go ignored. Cast your imagination out just a little, and think of the wealth of hardware out there. From commercial instrumentation to music production equipment, there's no guarantee these will work on Linux, but all of them will almost certainly work on Windows. Every time I buy a new device, I double-check for Linux support, which sometimes requires deeper research. It pains me to say it, but Windows is a far more compatible and well-supported platform when you step away from mainstream and popular hardware—Linux is a long way behind it in that regard.

People often cite familiarity as the reason for their choices, and this is particularly true in the software world. An operating system serves as the foundation of one's digital life, and for most, changing it typically means relearning an entirely new set of tools, sometimes losing decades of experience. People have long built a strong mental model around the Windows ecosystem. They know its boundaries, quirks, tools, and software and can operate professionally within it—the point being, people tend to stick with what they know.

And this is why we are stuck. Never ask a coder to design a front end just as you never ask a designer to code.
Jobs was right. Don't make me think.