For first-time Linux users, I always recommend one of the main user friendly distributions - it is much easier to ask or look for help this way.

So, Fedora, Ubuntu or Opensuse.

Their installers all can live boot

Blog makes valid point, but why on earth there would be any current Linux distribution without usr merge?

EDIT: Especially when every major Linux distributions have already implemented usr merge long time ago.

Hardy Heron

Ah, I really liked Ubuntu looks in old (4.04 - 8.04) versions. The brown/orange is so much better than the newer gray/purple/red whatever. Since 10.04 the theme and color scheme has been awful.

Asus Vivobook Go 11, width is 279 mm.

I have seen this on HP laptop with WWAN device installed. Disabled device from Bios and problem went away.