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I know Linux has it's fans, and I can actually see and understand why it is so popular with certain people and could be good for certain things, but personally, I can't stand it. It's like learning another language. There is a logic to it, perhaps more so than Windows in some ways, but it is still the equivalent to learning Japanese. And I have neither the time nor inclination to do either.
I uninstalled it off my system after a few weeks, having torn all my hair out trying to figure out how to install Maya. Having read COUNTLESS tutorials, all of which seemed to require a degree from MIT to follow, it just wouldn't work. I don't need to go to a fraction of that effort in Windows, and at the end of the day the programme is hard enough to get your head around without having all that additional frustration of simply INSTALLING it!! And the same applies to all the other apps I use (many of which aren't available in Linux anyway). Windows just works, progs install quickly and easily, and it runs pretty much everything. Any benefits of Linux (of which i'm sure there are plenty) are simply not worth all that time, effort and hair loss FOR ME... but i understand others will find it better suited to their needs and much easier to get along with.
To anyone who says Linux is easy (and I know many of you will), it's not. If you have the skill to use Linux, it's akin to having the skill of learning a language. Some people just have a knack for it. A friend of mine speaks 4 languages. He has a superb ear for picking up foreign languages. It's very impressive. Same with Linux - if you are predisposed to a skill for understanding the computing language in order to make things work, then great, maybe it will be easy for you! I, unfortunately, as like many others, am not. Only way to find out is to try...
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