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Again. Have you used Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu?
Regular people get help with basic stuff in windows All the time. That's why there is a Geek Squad in best buy. That's probably the only thing missing for the non technical Linux users.
If people are paying someone to "install" their printer, why would it be different with Linux.
In fact, in Linux they'd need less tech support as many windows users calls are for slowness, virus and obsolescence.
Let's not compare usability using different standards