This is a bunch of baloney. For most people Vista or XP is an easy install and update. This guy sound like a Lunix Geek.
... or one of those perpetually afflicted with computer
crises.
i use Windows (various versions from W98SE to Vista), Linux (mostly Ubuntu) and OpenBSD computers every day. Trust me, on any random PC, unless you are using the system restore CD that came with it, Linux is MUCH easier to install than any version of Windows.
It was not alway so, until four or five years ago Linux would always require some fiddle to get something working. These days, only multiple monitors have given me trouble. Everything else is pretty automatic.