To people focusing on the specific instance instead of the "I need to have tons of knowledge to fix what Windows/OSX don't have problems with" side of it all:
Every single time I've tried (and I try yearly or so), I've had to resort to the command line within one hour to fix something. Usually file permissions, though I haven't touched anything but the built-in software and updates at that point, so it's extra ridiculous.
Most recently: Elementary OS has broadly been a great experience. But I had to choose a touchscreen-driver kernel, and spend about 2 hours figuring out how to get an on-screen keyboard to work on the lockscreen. both of those are ridiculous.
THAT is what keeps driving me away. And it's WORSE that it's not the same problem each time because knowing how to fix N doesn't help me fix N+1.
Every single time I've tried (and I try yearly or so), I've had to resort to the command line within one hour to fix something. Usually file permissions, though I haven't touched anything but the built-in software and updates at that point, so it's extra ridiculous.
Most recently: Elementary OS has broadly been a great experience. But I had to choose a touchscreen-driver kernel, and spend about 2 hours figuring out how to get an on-screen keyboard to work on the lockscreen. both of those are ridiculous.
THAT is what keeps driving me away. And it's WORSE that it's not the same problem each time because knowing how to fix N doesn't help me fix N+1.