It's the beginners' distro and is generally frowned upon by the experienced Linux community.
Arch and Gentoo represent :U
Arch and Gentoo, I would say, also count as "beginner distributions" of Linux. Try using something fully Free and Open Source, aka Trisquel or gNewSense.
Arch and Gentoo are mostly free, but contain proprietary elements. True Linux users go for 100% freedom, and grow Richard Stallman neckbeards while doing so.