have dabbled a bit over the years so not total noobe but close enough.   After latest update my laptop went into startup loop and no matter what couldnt start. Tried refresh and couldnt as disk locked. etc etc. Could install 7 then 8 ring MS long activation etc but sick of it so looking at switching permanent to Linux.  So far I like Linux Mint and Linux lite. Linux Lite wont open file from nas with file manager. Has to be copied to desktop first but Mint works well.
However with both of these the fonts still arent as clear as with Windows 7 or 8 and after a while eyes get sore. But these are best I have seen so far.  Have tried Ubuntu but didnt like Unity and tried lubuntu and kubuntu and xubuntu but fonts werent as sharp either,
 So is there a better distro for reasonable noobe or just stick with Mint.   I should say I want a LTS or rolling like Manjaro so dont have to reinstall every 6 months.   Also I should mention I want Kingsoft Office as it works best with some MS Excel files that arent compatible with Libtre Calc.
Long order I know but should be some compromise amongst the thousands of distros.