I have tried every major Linux distro, and use xbuntu (the best one i found for older HW) on a laptop, but in Mint (as well) things like being able to even find locations via right click>properties was not there, while getting permissions to make changes to required searching what code to run in a terminal (and malware has not been a real problem in 15 years with Windows, thank God), while configuring a printer took even more work, while lacking equivalents to Windows apps like AutoHotKey.
Plus many multimedia codecs are not legal in the US without a license (MS now charges extra), thus the rise of Fluendo .
I think the Linux forums abound with far more issues with varied "try this" answers (like 2 days ago, when the audio stopped working on my xbuntu after a software update) that require a time consuming learning code, in proportion to the number of Windows users. And i say this as one who wants a better OS.
Last week, I configured a "Brother" network printer on Ubuntu, using the settings GUI. It took a few mouseclicks, and less than 5 minutes. It was functionally equivalent to installing a new network printer on Windows 7 (or WinXP), and seemed to take less time.
FWIW.
This is merely one data point.