IT is a bit of a journey (as is life). I started off with a ZX80 kit and some bluetac ...
I've lost count of how many interfaces I've had to fenangle to get a job done. For 20 odd years I rocked Gentoo as my daily driver but my lap can't take the heat any more. Wifey gets Arch and I've settled on Ubuntu for a simple life.
Embarrassingly enough, I had to get a "child" to explain to me how to get a wine dispenser to work, recently 8)
The latest version of Ubuntu works great. They've come such a long way, it actually feels comfortable recommending Linux to beginners now.
Here's to hoping they don't turn into Microsoft one day.