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Yep, if it looks slick, works, and comes standard, people will use it. Just like cars for me: I just want to use it, not understand how it works in order to use it.
Exactly my feelings. I understand, at a basic level, how both cars and computers work. I fix motorcycles as a hobby. I work in system reliability as a profession. I don't have the inclination to tinker on cars or computers in my spare time. I want to turn it on, press the pedal, and vroom vroom off into the night.
You don't need to learn Linux to use it.
Just download any mainstream distro and it will be fine!
That is already a step too far. If it doesn't come pre-installed, the majority will not use nor know how to install it. I bet a bunch of people don't even know what an OS is. If you replaced windows with some riced KDE desktop on the majority of user's computers, most would think it's an update and would go on with their lives.