I can visualize the frustration of someone switching from years and years of Windows use to Linux. I've been a user of Linux for literally decades, and when confronted with Windows 10, I have much the same experience, just from the opposite side. Anyone who says switching (of any kind) is "easy" is probably judging on the basis of their own familiarity with the target operating system. Switching is not "easy" but some ways of switching are less difficult than others. For Linux, I think Zorin or Mint are "easy-er" but not "easy"--- or at least, not at first try. Switching to and learning Linux is a long-term investment, not a short-term quick fix. I can attest from my own experience that the investment will be amply rewarded and then some ... but not necessarily tomorrow. After a week, you will be more comfortable. After a month, things will seem much less bewildering and you will be productive. After a year, there may be no turning back! Although I'm a huge Linux fan (and my XYWrite 4 runs perfectly with DOSBox on Linux) I never push people to switch from Windows. They have to want to do that and be willing to put in some up-front investment in time and indeed frustration. They have to be at least a little tech-savvy if they're going to do it on their own. This is not an elitist thing by any means; it's a recognition (one that many Linux fans don't like to hear) that Linux is less "easy" than Windows ... but with that comes enormous upsides. By the way, to simply be a basic Linux /user/ is different. My wife's computer runs Linux (I maintain it) and she has no idea and could care less what operating system she is on, because she can do anything she needs to do.