Just because Linux is not for novices doesn't mean it's worse.
A ferrari is more difficult to drive than a fiat panda, and you are more likely to crash, not because of this the ferrari is worse, the ferrari is for experts.
for some things, fiat panda is better than ferrari
saying one is better than the other is weird, because they are not really compareable
that being said, linux is better than windows :]
Don't capitulate, that is simply because there are those recommending distros that aren't for newbies & / or those on bleeding edge hardware that they don't need under Linux.