Linux

Understanding what different distros offer and being able to make a educated decision about it. I looked around for a week or so until I found a arch distro that worked, took away the manual installation process as a complete noob, and wasn't all red flags straight away (the example is that a lot of ppl advised against manjaro). I ended up with garuda (which some ppl aren't a fan of because of chaotic-aur, but we have to start somewhere, haven't we) atm which works fine until I am confident enough to do a complete base arch installation the next time.

Getting some specific thing to work

Three words:

Baby duck syndrome.

how it can be addressed?

Without turning Linux into "another Windows"? Well... you (kind of) can't -- Windows users are way too used with the idea of being spoonfed by the OS. And the only "real" way to address it is to tell Windows users to change their mentality and "embrace the new".

Give them arch

I come from a Windows and Mac environment and I now happily use Linux Mint. It has a similar aesthetic and is really easy to use. I think not recommending newbies Arch would be a good start.

It's still software support. Yes, there are many great alternatives, but not being able to use apps like everyone and not being aplble to keep the apps you have is just too complicated for many

Fear of terminal

Gatekeeping and elitism