okay, if youve never seen it before, it might sound a bit weird or hard to use......some people think off the bat that they are intiminated by it, but it really is easy to use..........its set up a little bit like ms-dos, without the black background, want i mean is that it a operating system that runs on complete text proccessing.........you know on windows where you can go to the run option, to define exactly where you want to go, well linux is set up exactly like that all of the time........once you get used to it, it is very easy to use, it just isnt as user friendly as windows is setup, thats why most people tend to shy a way from it & use windows instead.......i hope that, that help you understand it a little better!!