@Shane
Ubuntu is a Linux OS and it's idiot proof now, it's actually easier to install and run software on Ubuntu than it is on MacOS or Windows.  You just click on the software manager and search for the software you want, and click install, it pulls all the verified software from the web for you and installs it, like having an App-Store built in to your OS.

• If you want to install GIMP, search for GIMP, click install, done!
• If you want to install Blender, search for Blender, click install, done!
• Whatever you want to install, search for it, click install, done!
• If you want to see how many 2D packages are out there, search for Image editors, choose from the list, click install, done!

You don't even have to search the bloody web for it!

Don't get me wrong, I don't recommend Ubuntu, but if you've not tried it, you really should if only to let you see how far things have come in ease of use, cause I'm not joking, it's easier to install and remove software from Ubuntu than it is on Windows or MacOS.

I can pretty much do all of that now. And all I have to do to uninstall a program on my Mac is drag it to the trash.