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?

Vista will come bundled with digital rights infringement (DRM), bullshit bloatware you'll have to get rid of to become usable, yet another stupid MSIE, and other reasons why it'll be fucking slow and stupid.

"Lunix" isn't much better - it's full of legazy crap, you have to waste your time compiling and fixing code quite often, 99% of distros rely on the FHS, and you have to install a gazillion libraries and desktops to run what you want because it's so free.

My advice is to stick with tuned versions of Windows 2000, then Windows XP, for as long as your hardware works with them (tune = performance tuning, unbloating (XPLite might help), installing useful command line tools, etc), then we'll see if we can cut Vista down to something decent, or we'll all have to start thinking of moving to more decent, future Linuces for desktop and workstation use.