[skeeba]

As @Sartux puts it, getting into *nix is definitely a must. It does make things easier and once you understand it, will open up doors to other realms too. Personally, I usually tell people to start with Ubuntu, but Debian is my 2nd choice for recommendations. Both have plenty of material and support to help you along the way.

Did you hear that Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu? I suspect that they may switch to Manjaro for their officially-supported platform. I wonder who they'll chose, though...

Either way, that will increase the number of Linux users (and increase the popularity of that distro).

Actually, I could even see Steam choosing Solus... It has very nice Steam integration from its (independent distro family) inception.