New to linux/popos

Hi everyone! I was trying arch linux for some months ago but i did something wrong and corrupt the installation. after that i went back to windows but i really do wanna try linux again but more "safety". so ive heard that popos is a good distro but it uses comsic as desktop. Is it stable and newbie friendly? What is the first steps to do after installation? Im gonna use it for games and study programming. sorry for bad english
Regards Robin