Linux is not easy to learn and Windows isn't, either.
It is very easy to install packages from the repos by sudo aptitude install
whatever at the command line, anyway, easier than searching and downloading a
package from the Internet and then installing it, but I had to do this also for
installing packages that are not in the repositories, like Picasa, Opera,
Realbasic, Google Earth, Zimbra (which I uninstalled), VirtualBox and others.
The Terminal is also good to start programs fast and easily.
Here in Romania things are different, many complain about not being able to
use Vista properly on their systems and the OS of choice for the Romanians is
Windows XP.
So far I am very content with Linux, some things can be done easier, it can do
more things than Windows, it is free, it has a beautiful graphical interface, a
desktop where I can set many workspaces (very important and helpful, as I like
comfort) and, unlike under Windows, there has been no malware to crash Word and
many other programs, deconfigure my Internet connection, slow down my system,
disable my HP printer software, suddenly throw advertisements at me or redirect
the browser to certain sites, send messages via Yahoo Messenger to my boss and
colleagues and suddenly reboot my PC like in the good old days.
Linux healed me from virusophobia and helped me to work easier and do some
things one cannot do under Windows.