Forget the OS wars, Apple and Microsoft do not need to wield any weapons today. Linux seems to be doing a good enough job of shooting itself in the foot when it comes to appealing to your average PC user.

According to recent figures, it costs around USD $10 billion to produce a single Linux distro. Yet there is some evidence, even in the Linux dominated netbook market, that Windows is winning the OS war.

Could this be, at least partly, because Linux simply sucks at being user friendly? Here are my reasons, in no particular order, exploring why that could well be the case:

1. Linux is a developer's OS

it is something for those 'who know better' to play with, to tweak, to continue to show how clever they are. What it isn't is a desktop OS for people who just want to use it, and continue using it, without the continual worry about what is going to break come the next update and what is going to change for the sake of it.

2. Linux developers are blinded by love

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