But to me, Linux is ready for everyone except the die-hard WIndows user.
I'd probably be running Mac instead of WIndows ... it's got more style, for my taste. Just a bit too expensive for my pocket.
Having had my first experience with OSX yesterday and having had a brief tour of an Apple X server today (hang central!), has led me to think
Örn Hansen wrote: that Linux is as ready for the desktop as any of the other "Desktop" OS'es out there. Consider how often a basic install of Windows, OSX, OS2, Solaris etc craps out when abused as a desktop. In my experience, they all have their issues. Where Linux wins out is in the broad platform support and making full use of 64bit processors etc. I think if a few hardware vendors were to take the time to bundle up suitable drivers (open or closed source) for their platforms and load Suse, the end user experience would be every bit as good as any other OS.