I know you're joking, but they used Antergos which is a snap to install.
Excepting laptops w/ Nvidia Optimus stuff & power management. Easier than stock, but still arch. Thank goodness for the arch wiki.
TBF, Optimus and power stuff aren't too much easier on a distro like Ubuntu (granted, they have come a long way). I usually end up having to look it up in the Arch wiki anyhow. Thank god for that site.