I agree with all of this. I am an experienced Windows user who wants to use an OS I can actually feel good about supporting, that respects privacy and isn't run by a greedy corporation. My Windows experience does not translate to Linux literacy. But that doesn't change the fact that advocating for Linux to become easier to use, even potentially as easy to use as something like Windows, should be something we can all agree would be a positive change. Retaining the best parts of Linux and making it easy to use are not mutually exclusive goals. They shouldn't be.