All valid points Villan.

I do however think that Linux is getting better and better in this area, at least with distributions like Suse (not sure I'd be suggesting Debian if the last time I had a play was anything to go by) they are quite manageble, although yes, I don't think it as yet as easy as say Win 2K (I "refused" to go to XP) which is the latest Win I have used.

It's always hard to define... I suppose I could say Pip, my 70 year old mother who has used PCs a few years now but is not particularly "computer savvy" would be quite capable of using Linux for WP etc. In fact her PC is dual boot - problem is she only uses Linux for games, it's really a case of old habits and sticking with the familiar, rather than difficulties though.