I assume Linux involves typing commands somewhere

It doesn’t, it’s akin to command prompt/poweshell on Windows albeit less verbose or Terminal in Mac. It’s just something you can do but if you don’t use it on Windows then you aren’t going to need it on Linux

I would probably prefer to use my phone instead of a computer with a totally new os

Android/Chrome OS are Linux, I think this is the easiest way to show people how little “command typing” is needed

just wanted to share what the reputation of Linux is among non tech people

Tech people use that reputation as well, a bunch of people think it makes them smarter but Linux is better for non tech people than Windows because it has a natural defense against scammers/viruses.

I switched to it because Windows was too complicated and I couldn’t get anything to run well <- Linux has less overhead but that wasn’t my issue

You should read up the Halloween documents to get a better understanding of where some of those assumptions (which to be fair have since become something of a self fulfilling prophecy...) originate from.

I am well aware that my assumptions are probably wrong

No, no, this is entirely accurate. It's just that the Linux-a-boos would love to tell you otherwise. But it's all a bunch of circle jerking. The people who are willing to deal with that and have already dived need justification and will tell you it's simple.

Sure, some distros are a bit more hands off and "works out of the box". But you still have to find the box. And figure out how to open the box. And figure out how to get it out of the box. And then it just works. Until it doesn't.

It's not as hard as it used to be, but anyone telling you "any normie can just do it and never look back" is full of shit. It still has its hurdles and you'll still be occasionally troubleshooting your own PC. Most people don't want that. But the people who do are already running Linux.

As a lifelong windows user, 10 is my last windows, I've heard nothing but garbage from those I know running win11.

I will be switching, it's just a matter of distros, better support for gaming/vr/drivers etc.

I've been messing around with Ubuntu on an Orange Pi 5 and so far, apart from gnome (even with extensions) I'm really pleased and feel much more in control of my hardware.

The moment I heard of ads in the start menu on 11 I vowed it won't happen, and yet the bing bar showed up on my desktop last week after am update. Needless to say I've already been into the registry to fix that issue, but yes, that basically sums up how I feel, and I know most I know feel the same re: MS Windows at this point.