Originally Posted by
ScottC
The average daily user doesn't have to tinker with the Unix foundation on OSX.
That is like saying the world is ready for *nix because they own a Tivo, or a TomTom navigator...
Yes *nix is there, but nobody has to know about it.
I see and understand your point. However, some Linux distros are there or nearly there.
Aside from one quirky component, I had Kubuntu set up and running in less than 30 minutes from a wiped hard drive. On my retry this weekend, I had it all up and running in less than 30 minutes, including the quirky hardware.
For most machines there are now several distros that are by default as tinker-free as OS X.