@771c7916 Yes, but it's only nerds (and I count myself amongst them) that can do it. Try explaining rolling distro upgrades, or yum, or apt-get, or whatever flavor your distro uses to non-nerds. And I'm sure in that time you've had to delve into config files or run terminal commands to get apps installed or stuff working correctly. That's not pain for us nerds, per sé (though I'm old & jaded enough that it is even for me), but it will be an impossible barrier to cross for regular people. 

 @b9a8d5ef I do experiment a lot yes but most issues really come with AUR etc apps. I think now with AppImages, Flatpaks etc it has made things way easier with little issues around clashing updates. My 80-year-old mom was happily using Linux Mint for a few years on auto-update (without knowing it).

But yes, most of my normie friends do use Windows or Mac. In our country we don't have any laptops with any Linux pre-installed.