To be completely honest with you, it's a lot easier than I thought it would be. Linux Suse is almost identical to windows, and it a LOT easier to use IMO. The coding and programming is different, but essentially it all works the same, and if you can follow directions, pretty much everything you want to do has already been done at one point in time and someone did a how-to on how to do it. very helpful. biggest bonus, it's free!