If it was pre-installed on new laptops and seemlessly auto ran a VM for applications (e.g. Games, Viso, project) that have no real substitute then people would just use it. Perhaps create a bunch of make my Linux machine like this one (e.g. Office desktop, gaming VM, web server, or give me everything...) Also repos like rpmfusion need to turned on as standard, perhaps some sort of paypal/yum appstore with a flawless sytem woud be good. Auto install stuff like the missing plugin options like codecs rather than ask pointless questions (less options is the Apple way and is really popular, too many options is just intimidating, and most likely buggy, but make sure there is a way geeks can still set the options) Better dependency checks when kernel is updated and kernel modules need recompiling (e.g. AMD/NVIDIA, why does it have to _always_ break on minor updates, stop changing the headers guys) Faster close window for the 3rd time kills the process (e.g. xorg leads both KDE and Gnome frequent lock up due to shared resources) Qt vs GTK+ debarckle, just choose one and stick with it. Stuff like that.