I want to apologize in advance if this has been posted before...

Well, you all heard of Lindows pre-installed on Wal-Mart PC's. Now, Mandrake-Linux is doing the same thing. Here's the story: Mandrake Linux News

Now, we are talking... now the mainstream consumer can have a choice of OS's. I am really excited to see open source OS's being available, but is *NIX ready for the mainstream, especially the layman?

Also, since there are more than one distribution available for purchase, will others follow like RedHat, Debian or even more advanced OS's like FreeBSD?

Lastly, with the over-abundance of Windows users, is there a chance the big idea could falter with the "Avoid open source like the plague" banner?