If Google made their own Linux distro, then it would probably be "newbie friendly".

There are already distros that take a lot of the hard stuff out of running Linux, so don't be afraid to try it. Ubuntu is very user friendly, you shouldn't need to learn much to start using it as you use your current Windows machine. It's when you pass out of just surfing the web and checking email, and into the realm of a 'power user' where you need to start learning some new tricks.

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