Issues with Linux being inaccessible to the average user are not a product of the system itself, but rather the result of a community that has no interest in making it accessible to the average user, and you only need look at macOS to understand this.
Both Linux and macOS are UNIX{,-like}. Implementation may differ between the two, but they share the same core interfaces and concepts. macOS, though, is far more user-friendly. I mean how many people would even look at macOS compared to Linux, a BSD, or something like AIX and guess they share very similar internals?
Of course, this isn't to say that those internals necessarily need to be as locked-away as those on macOS, but it is possible to hide them away and have a system far easier for the average person.
Anyways, there's my hot take of the day.