It's exactly your kind of attitude that you are accusing others of? I don't get it. I see no screaming 'bloody murder'. I see people correcting misinformation.
You should try to install 2 year old hardware on Win2K if you want to see "the impossibility to get even basic things to work".
A few minutes working on Linux hardly gives someone the authority/knowledge to do a review. Ever install Windows? I bet you couldn't do it before you ever worked in Windows and who are you going to ask for help?
Everything I could do in Windows (with the exception of specific games), I can do in Linux with much more security. Never ran an antivirus on Linux or a spyware removal/detection tool. Haven't seen a popup in years. I guess those are some added bonuses with Windows, though.