> People with little to no experience with computers. Guess what they were all fine.
I think the original comment was talking about ugly UI rather than "Linux works just fine".
The key point I believe was, if Linux came with better UX design like what Elementary OS did, then it will be "Good" instead of "Just fine".
It's about an upgrade, bring Linux to a better level, not "Linux UI looks ugly, it's bad and unusable".