Making Linux Easy for Newbies

Hi folks I have dabbled with various linux distros for a few years
Impressed with some of Them Mandrake,Suse mostly. But whatever version
i use they all seem to be made as difficult as possible for new users
trying to move to Linux from Windows.

Even finding the hardware works well most of the time But in nearly
every version I come up against Mounting hard drives Why can they not
just be there like all the other hardware,or even if they are access
can be blocked to them for some reason passwords etc.

Also installing software is a nightmare nothing like installing WIndows
software Trying to install Tar files etc Why tar can it just not be a
zip type file.

I do realise it is a different operating system but i think Linux
software writers/developers delight in making different parts of the
system with the weirdest names Just to distinguish it as far away from
Windows as possible.

It has got easier but I cannot see Linux being a great challenge to
Microsoft until hardware and software installing is much easier..

I dont think i have explaining myself very well But there must be some
Linux newbies with similar views.

Ron

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