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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You are aware of what windows was like when Linus started his hobby?
It still ran under DOS. It wasn't an OS in itself.
I'm really not sure how you can claim that Windows is so far ahead either - in what way? Find something you can do in windows that you can't do in linux...
It would be like saying FreeBSD is way behind - sure it's not as easy to set up as windows machines - it's got some stuff windows isn't gonna have for a while though.
tbh - everything is still playing catchup with BeOS. MicroSoft are loving their new FutureFS! Erm... it's just a clone of BeFS which has been around for a fair while now