Free Software Magazine recently took a closer look at the Linux legacy. The legacy -- Linux's reputation precedes it, even in the realm of the average user. This reputation is, of course, that Linux is (pick one of your choice): hard, incompatible with most hardware, command line only -- the list goes on.
It's a fitting observation, as the operating system hits its seventeenth year, that there are a great many people out there aware of Linux now who have been aware of it for some time. And to some, Linux in 2008 seems identical to Linux in 2001, or 1998.