I came here to +1 Mint

I've installed it on 3 laptops for different family groups and had 0 problems with either the laptops or the family using them

To clarify that - with Ubuntu the UI was just a tiny step too different (than Win XP) for them to feel comfortable using... with Mint, no problems.

The laptops vary, but 1 is ~12 yr old, another is new (well, 3 yr old now), but Mint was installed to dual-boot Win 10 when new.

I use Arch btw