The reason OO has become as popular as it is, is because the developers more or less made it look and act like Office XP. In fact, a lot of people who hate the Office 2007 ribbon have been driven to at least try OO.
That's what Linux on the desktop needs to be. You right-click on something and a Window-similar menu or function has to appear.
Even the Linux "Start" button leaves a lot to be desired. If different distros can't even agree on a uniform Linux way of doing something, then use some common sense and copy the way Windows does it.
There is no magic here. If you are trying to gain market share at the expense of Windows, then those Windows users will reasonably expect it to more or less ACT like Windows.
If the Linux ecosystem doesn't care about Windows users and wants people to switch "just because".... well that route has been tried for the past 10 years and has only resulted in Linux inching forward slightly year by year.
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