Mentality (Score 2)

I don't want linux to be widely adopted. Simple as that. I'm an arch user, and there's a high percentage of fellow users that don't want arch to go the way of ubuntu either. It's simply picking the right tool for the right job. Distro's like ubuntu are geared towards the noobs. Fine. But they still won't learn how to fix xorg settings when unity goes fubar. Frankly, I don't want people switching to linux just to switch to it. It's a choice you make if you feel it can benefit you. Just as I feel I don't want newer ubuntu users to switch to arch. Driver's are tricky. Most of it is OEM related. The rest is kernel related. But as previously espoused from previous posters, try seeing how many drivers you need to hunt down on a clean windows install VS. a current linux distro. The bigger issue is a meta user mindset. Computing & computers(non-commercial) have gone from a hobby to a device that should just work out of the box. PC's have been nearly reduced to the level of a kitchen appliance. I guess thats why linux will run on a toaster :p For the sake of argument; To get linux mainstreamed to anywhere near the level of windows...It would have to not be linux as we know it. OR at the very least, condense it down to a single sort of distro with options burried cryptically to modify it back to the way we power users find it useful.