Mac OS X and Windows XP (haven't seen Vista yet) are, in many ways, still too complex for "typical home users". I can't see how Linux is any better.

Harold, you're not a typical home user; you're a technology enthusiast. With teenagers at home, to boot. And Roger's feats of installation wizardry tell us nothing about how easy it was for those users once he went home.

I'll believe it when I see it.