Actually, Macintoshes don't need to be for newbies and running a *nix system on Mac isn't new. Yellow Dog Linux, PPCLinux and SUSE are all versions of Linux that run on PowerPC. Heck, if you have older Macs MKLinux (I believe) has a version that runs on the Motorola 68000s.

I do want to make one point. Putting blinders on and saying "This OS Sucks!" or "That OS Sucks!" isn't the best in this day and age of interoperatibility. Ideally, you should keep your mind open to all the variety out there. Now, granted, I'm not a big fan of MS (that's another story) but I do recognize that I like DOS (simple, straightforward and no pain in the ass probs), I like Win98SE as a desktop OS (runs good on MACHINES DESIGNED for it), and I like/very impressed with Win2K Adv Server.

I also use (yes, at home I have a small LAN) Novell 5.1, Mac OS 9.1 (2 machines), Yellow Dog Linux and Red Hat 7.1 (soon to be FreeBSD). I have somewhere between 6-8 machines (I can never keep track). Each one has their benefits over the other for the "thing" they were designed for. I know that I can teach or learn any OS that is out there because I have had the flexibility to learn how all these OSes and a few more work (apparently on my resume I know 9 different OSes).

So before you go and say that this OS sucks or that OS sucks, perhaps you should figure out why you are saying it sucks.