Is Linux for beginners ?
 

Is Linux suitable those trying to change from Windows?
I tried to join Arch Forums as I was informed that this was designed for absloute beginners.
There was a final question after filling in the required details Name email etc The question was
What is the output of "date -u +%W$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?(Required)
For someone coming from Windows am I thick or what does it mean?

Well, then you are misinformed. I wouldn't recommend Arch to a beginner, unless he really wants to learn about Linux. If you just want an "easy-to-use" desktop system I would recommend to try Mint or Mepis.

By the way, to get the answer to that question just copy and paste it into a terminal and press Enter.

Hi,

if you cannot understand what the above command is supposed to do then I would say that arch is probably not suited for you.
I do not know the arch forum but my guess is that this is probably some spam protection mechanism. You are supposed to copy+paste it into the command line and insert the result.

If you want to switch from Windows then you are probably better of with Ubuntu or Mint.

Thanks for the information I'll keep trying