Linux for lazy b*s

I've seen all the bad ideas microsoft are building in to the core of their new OS and I think I might make the switch to linux sometime before XP becomes obsolete.

Ideally, I'm looking for a user friendly version, where I can download and install programs without having to mess with the internals and copying files around without knowing where the hell they're supposed to go.  Something RPM based would be good, but without the possible hassels that follow RPM based distros' =/

Haha, well ok. I dont really know what I'm rattling on about here.  So, any ideas of a decent distro for someone who doesn't want to get very in-depth with linux?

>>10
Acshully, while not strictly Linux, Microsoft has recently released what they call Windows Services for Unix, which adds most of the functionality of a unix over top of your windows 2k or xpPro.  find it here

hqqp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/productinfo/default.mspx

I am unable to reccomend it, or even really discuss its usability, since i'm using Gentoo Linux and haven't had a windows box for years now.  I will reccomend gentoo.  You will have to 'learn some linux' to get it going, but as
>>8
said, it has totally excelent documentation and a very helpful community.  In the long term, you will probably find this easier, since anything you do you had to learn about, and when you break something, you will already be familiar with all the resources you'll need to get it working again.