Mint come complete out of box full complement applications include full Libre Office suite and guide user install other things codecs etc. Cinnamon and Mate GUI make easy move from Windows to Linux for newbie not like terminal use, install applications and OS update easy, also easy get games like Treasure of Nadia etc., execute no problem. Others like Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Arch, whatever for customisation, build own OS, and what not for more experience user. Horses for courses. What greatest about Linux is always exist some version suit all user. Linux not a "mine bigger than yours" or "piss up the wall" contest so why be disrespect maybe discourage "baby" from trying moving from Windows to better OS? Linux Mint good choice for non technical no nonsense user just want to do not to learn fiddle tinker play. Any move from Windows to any Linux flavour is improve I say.