There already is a true Linux desktop. Try Ubuntu or Mint.
If you can keep from sending “telemetry” to Microsoft, you are savvy enough to use Linux. All you do is install and run. My guess is that you are sending plenty of data to MS but you are not accepting anything back like bug fixes or security updates. The Borg is going to get their data.
That kind of response it just the problem. If all one wants to do is use the Internet, email, write, watch some stuff, then install and run can work (provided your wireless card works, and you do not need to install proprietary codecs to watch DVDs for instance), but in both Windows and Linux enabling functionality and customization requires more than just installing the OS and running it, and my experience is that this is far easier in Windows (mainly via safe 3rd party programs) than Linux flavors (with solutions varying btwn flavors), from adding printers to key remapping.