This is the first I would suggest as well. As much as I like other distros, Mint has the appearance, capability, stability, and settings combination I would want as a new user

My friend recently switched and I almost lost him from him desperately wanting to use Ableton. He switched to LMMS though and seems to have found more positive than negative from switching now.

Edit addition: If someone near me wants to switch then I’ll help them, I’ll even recommend it to them, but I’ll also let them know what things won’t work and what things would need to be switched when they do so.

Of course none of that will stop me from getting a little smile when a Windows user complains about Windows in any form