Zorin vs Mint comes down to; do you like the color green or blue? Jokes aside they are basically the same. I prefer gnome(zorin) over cinnamon(mint). I also find Zorin does a better job guiding newbs from windows. For example if you would download and run a windows exe, then Zorin will show a pop-up telling the user about alternative Linux apps, or it will handle running windows apps for you through wine.

As a linux newb your choice of distro really doesn't matter too much. Just don't go for difficult stuff like Nix, Gentoo. Desktop Environment is where it's really at for newbs. So try out Kde Plasma, Gnome, Cinnamon and pick the one that you fancy.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Interesting! This is exactly why I asked. I knew the general consensus would be go with mint. I'm looking for an easy OS cuz I don't want a project car for my daily driver.

[–] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 days ago

Mint is loved for a reason! One user takes a left turn, the other right. Like i said focus on desktop environments :)