`Linux mint is on par with Windows for ease of use. At this time as far as I'm aware there's no such server solution that is as easy. I've never ran my own server so I'm not an expert.
I have Mint, which is basically XP...I love it
Maybe for you, but most people aren't familiar with the Linux file system and installing simple programs can be a nightmare for most people. Apple is probably the easiest to use 'nix system, and now days likely easier to use than Windows.
A nightmare you say. So that's why Windows 10 adopted Linux's concept of a software hub where you can just click what software you want installed. Linux had the app store first. Then mobile had it. Now windows 10.
I'm sure Microsoft moved toward doing that because they wanted to make people's lives harder and knew searching for binaries on the open internet was just too easy.
Next thing you know Microsoft will adopt a non-retarded shell like Bash. Oh, wait, they did. And you could have had it 10 years sooner. You'll have to adopt linux eventually as Microsoft slowly becomes like linux... Or you can just learn what you are going to learn any way an inch sooner and reap the benefits now.
When you install a program you download on Windows, you simply go through the installer on most programs and you install it to the Program Files.
Most people are going to have no idea what a .tar.gz is and how to install a program they download on Linux distros. They won't have any idea how to navigate the file system. bin sys opt proc, they have no idea what that is or which folder houses the programs.
In Mac OS, for the most part you simply drag the dmg to the applications folder, it's done with a GUI. Same with Windows, usually a GUI installer. With many Linux distros, if there is a piece of software they want to install outside of the included repository, they will have no idea how to install it.
If the average boomer can't figure it out, most people will not be able to. Mac and Windows are much easier to use for the average person who thinks Bash is to smash something. Most Windows and Mac users have no idea that there is a terminal included with their OS.
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