not once , but twice . <| sep |> you sound butthurt , DesitinDiaperRashOintmemt is now available in a half gallon pump dispenser . invest wisely . <| sep |> 1 for Antergos . You get all the benefits of Arch but it ' s incredibly user friendly to install and set up . Honestly , I ' ve used Arch for a long time but on my last install I decided to try Antergos and it ' s impressive . A lot of people used to recommend Ubuntu but they are straying further and further from the principles of using Linux in the first place and it ' s honestly beginning to be more of a headache than a benefit for starters . They are removing things from their repos and making it a headache for beginners to get access to some very common and useful things just . Because Shuttleworth says so . Another good beginner friendly distro free of the Ubuntu universe is Solus . I ' ve looked into it recently to see if it would suit my father and it ' s quite good . Very easy to pick up , very attractive out of the box and they are focused heavily on keeping it simple for beginners but also giving experienced Linux users the ability to do what they want . I use Linux for work and play as well . In the past it was hard to find replacements for some of the more common productive applications coming from Windows or OS X . Now however it ' s easier all the time . And for play , more and more games are coming to Linux all the time . Steam has a great selection . I also use a lot of older gaming system emulators SNES , Sega Genesis , NES .