In the latest episode of the LTT WAN Show, Linus actually covered this exact thing you spoke of. He mentioned that many Linux users are used to the terminal, so for many, its their go-to tool for everything. However, for a beginner, the terminal is enough to frighten them away from Linux.
What you may not be aware of, is Linus and Luke are doing a very fascinating, informative, and entertaining Linux challenge. Their opinions thus far jumping a bit ahead in their WAN show episodes, have been quite informative.
Just know that I completely agree with you 100%. I also used to be a Windows user, and I felt the same way you did when I jumped over to Linux. And even though I have been a Linux user for 6+ years, I still have the same opinion as you do.
While some Linux users managed to make the terminal king in their lives, I still have not. I don't have a programming mind, programmers will find the terminal extremely easy to use, cause its already in their wheel house, as you use terminal for programming.
But 99% of Linux users are not going to be programmers, thats the reality. So I of course value the opinions of beginners Linux users, over those who are seasoned Linux users, or Arch Linux users.
You want the real honest opinions about Linux? Well, then you get them from Linux newcomers, who are total beginners to Linux. I am going to post the link to my LTT Linux challenge thread, so that you can watch the first video, and also be updated on further episodes that I post in there.
Again, I want to thank you all heartedly for making this post Alexandros, your opnions and feedback are very much appreciate by me, and I want to make sure to acknowledge that. You are positively stellar! 
