Linux is hard to use? (Score 1)

The trouble with most apps is that there is little compromise b/t blindly going around in the command line and having nice, user-friendly toolbars and pull-down menus. Yes, command line power is valuable, but the steep learning curve and lack of hints that keep you from screwing up aren't there. A rudimentary windowing system _looks_ good, but one has to use the mouse for _everything_. one thing that Windows has that many X11-type software doesn't is hints for keyboard navigation, one thing that seems to be the last worked on, reducing the Power of Linux to a primitive Mac UI. If nothing else, Windows' insistence on backward compatibility allows for 99.99% navigation with the keyboard, so that I can shutdown with , u, s, . short of modifying some .rc file somewhere (which is beyond my current level), I am tied to the mouse beside my keyboard.