Linked by Charles Williams on Wed 16th Apr 2003 04:11 UTC
In the previous article, our computer newbie family, Mike, Diane, Mary and Carla, had decided they wanted GNU/Linux installed on the new family/business computer. Debian, via Libranet 2.0, was installed on the system, with appropriate business/office software, as well as the Gnome desktop environment. The next steps involved getting the system configured for easy use and adding various minor tweaks. Mike, Diane and the kids were not involved during the configuration phase of the system. 
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I am really convinced that learning to user GNU/Linux isn't more difficult than learning Windows.
Of course, a newbie won't be able to configure a debian, but most of the distro are really easy to configure now.
To all the people that thinks that GNU/Linux is so difficult : just remember le first time you tried windows...
Of course now it's obvious for you that changing the background is on the desktop, the configuration of the network is done by a right clik on the network neighborhood... but think about it : do you really think it's logical? If you don't know how to do it you're screwed, you have to look in 10 different place to configure a system. In most distros, the configuration is done in only one place.
As said in an above comment, people think they know things because they know it on Windows, you have to make the effort of learning. For sure it's not really funny at the beginning when you don't know how to do anything, but it worth the challenge.