When people use Linux, they have to configure all these settings themselves.  Most can’t do it with Linux if there is a hardware problem
, so they blame Linux.  The reality is that the same person couldn’t do this with Windows or Mac either.  Making hardware work with software at times can be difficult.

What will have to happen is that Linux comes preinstalled to systems completely configured.  At that point comparing a working Linux to working Windows to working Mac will be a more fair argument and comparison.

What this will take is a demand for Linux.  In the United States this hasn’t happened yet, but in other countries there are businesses and governments switching to Linux.  Once the market demands Linux, that’s when it’s ready.  It has nothing to do with the programming because that is already taken care of.