Are Windows Users Disappointed When They First Try a Linux OS?

Linux-powered operating systems have become user-friendly for quite some time and long gone are the times when you needed Linux knowledge to make an OS work. However, people still make assumptions about the open source world, but they are usually wrong. Are Windows users disappointed in what Linux has to offer? Is Linux a proper contender as a desktop operating system?

Linux has been dominating the server market for years and there is no sign that that is changing anytime soon. On the other hand, Linux is doing rather poorly in the desktop market, which is dominated by Windows. A current Linux user will tell you that, besides some differences between the construction and the usage of a Linux operating system and a Windows one, the two solutions are similar. So, what is happening and why aren't the disgruntled or bored Windows users fleeing by the millions to Linux?

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