Is Mint still the best user-friendly desktop?

[ristac]

Following as I am seriously thinking of switching to Linux for the first time

 

[Infidelus]

You could always try the live ISO to see what you think - https://linuxmint.com/. No changes to your Windows install and you can take a look around, and if you have any questions the users on the forum are, in general, nice - https://forums.linuxmint.com/