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Not off the top of my head but google found: http://www.relevantive.de/linux_usability_report_en.pdf
Hopefully that's enough, otherwise we might need to get someone from the Usability project to answer rather than me :)

Adobe has done some useability research, after all. Have GIMP developers?

yes they have.

Reading through that site, I think you just proved the argument of the poster before you.

However, you must also consider that like-photoshopness and intuitivity might well be the same thing

No, no I don't have to consider that. People mistake the ease of use familiarity gives with actual intuitivity. Most gimp complaints are about menu placement, etc (now the right click for everything monstrosity is gone).

Adobe has done some useability research, after all. Have GIMP developers?

yes they have.

That's so insulting.

Want to get specific, you old troll? Studies have shown that there's no significant difference in "usability" when measured in terms of getting things done or user perceptions. When you consider how much more you can get done with KDE out of the box, I'm not sure how anyone could say that Windoze was more usable.

Some obvious improvements to usability from KDE include:

1. A rational program menu, organized by what the program does rather than company name or other obtuse reasoning.
2. A configuration tool that really has everything rationally organized. Windoze places it's configuration tools in a bewildering number of locations that vary unpredictably by version.
3. Really integrated web and file management. KDE's file browser still remembers the split window trick and has tabs. When you combine those two things with sftp, ftp, fish, even crummy windoze networking, you can see how easy it is to move files around. When you combine that with KDE's built in ability to manipulate those files without moving them, you realize you don't even have to move them.
4. KDE's briefcase works. I'm sure, though I don't use it, that it too can use sftp, etc to make sure all is well synced.
5. Kmail and Kontact. Kmail's excellent spam wizard automatically detects installed anti-spam and sets up filtering for you. It also has easy to configure multiple identities, LDAP and all that jazz. KDE's contact database is awesome and comes with excellent Palm/other sync, including many cellphones. OE does not even come with a spell checker.

So there you have it. What exactly does Winblows have to offer the "average" user again? The same user can do all of that and much more with KDE's excellent programs without any additional trouble or cost. Complex != difficult or expensive. The proof is there for anyone who would check out Knoppix, Mepis, etc.

The main language is amharic, english being the major foreign language taught in schools.

Amharic Localization Project by Mr. Daniel Yacob:

http://www.geez.org

http://gnome.geez.org

Well, you could always follow the link to the study...

Ok, its in German, but it is 4Mb, hardly short. Its not like anyone on Slashdot would actually read it anyway. ha