Why does anyone bother with Linux?

 The title says it all! I'm not on my own it would seem with my thoughts on this - just Google it. I installed it, gave it a fair crack of the whip, but in the end it had to go. I would have loved to stick with it. I get the idea that its an OS for developers and programmers, but so is any other OS. The difference is that other systems cater for both end-users and developers equally. Linux can be used like this because you can find some good complete package installers, but they are few and far between. Its like being given a luxury vehicle for free and then finding out that you can't get fuel for it. Trying to install and get something working is usually a nightmare! Pages and pages of code to type into the terminal and execute - this is after you have so called installed it in the first place. Most of the time it doesn't even work after this. You don't even know where the program has gone. But oh, the dedicated Linuxites are quick to tell you that you are doing it all wrong and you should try this or that. They don't use desktops or user interfaces, they run everything from the terminal, like this is a good thing. We are not all programmers or hackers. We just want an alternative OS to Windows so we can find and run applications on it. Linux can stay on the Raspberry Pi, best place for it! I capitulated in the end and this man went back to Windows. You need an application, you find it, you install it, and guess what? It works straight out the box! Don't get me wrong, Windows is not perfect by any stretch, but it is reliable for every day users. Ah well - rant over.