It does, but perhaps not for the reasons everyone imagines. Linux is great for breathing new life into older systems. For casual users, it can also be quite useful as long as it's set up correctly. Power users are power users; they'll figure out stuff.

Is it ready for the masses? I still don't think so.

So if I turn off my computer, I get a cybernetic organism with a highly advanced CPU as an uncle? I thought the point was to get away from technology!