For users reared on GUI-oriented commercial operating systems, switching to open source POSIX-type OSes can be an onerous task. Whereas Linux, and FOSS in general, are built around the ideas of inclusion and sharing, the communities built up around the open source operating systems often face accusations of exclusive techno-elitism. Although there are a few smug members within the various FOSS communities and although shell fluency is more complex than simple commercial OS GUI administration, the accusations of perceived superiority among open source communities amount to sour grapes.
