Ultimately it boils down to people not having enough knowledge to really safely operate their computers.
Two people can run identical computers with the exact same operating system and access to any freely downloadable program on the net.
The average person could easily destroy their OS install in a few hours
The average well-trained person could use the computer, regardless of its OS for at least six months. (Its been my experience that windows seems to still pollute itself beyond my tolerances for workability within about 6 months)
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Ultimately it boils down to people not having enough knowledge to really safely operate their computers. Two people can run identical computers with the exact same operating system and access to any freely downloadable program on the net. The average person could easily destroy their OS install in a few hours The average well-trained person could use the computer, regardless of its OS for at least six months. (Its been my experience that windows seems to still pollute itself beyond my tolerances for workability within about 6 months)