[Disk_Contented]

Certainly, no doubt there would be more takers if things were more simple, but lets face it, Linux needs a fair degree of "mechanical mindedness" to install and get it running properly.
I asked Six random PC users to create a boot floppy. Not one knew how to do it.
This is what i see every week. They just want to turn it on and use it. Who can blame them, that is the way in which windows is portrayed.
So can you imagine most people even being tempted towards Linux, and of course there's software compatability.
If Linux came as an option on all systems, was as "easy" to use as windows and had the compatability then without doubt its popularity would rise, but i doubt that it would ever be as popular as windows. There's the corporate sector, and people just can't be bothered when things work allready.

As an aside, the Amiga (i still use one) is to be relaunched with another OS. It will be interesting to see what happens then.
I use windows XP now, simply because at the moment, nothing holds a candle to it.