I absolutely adore Linux Mint, used it as my daily driver for a while; it was the distro that really sold me on Linux as a desktop OS. Recently made the switch over to Gentoo though (partly as a personal challenge, partly to get more familiar with Linux, and partly to take advantage of the flexibility that comes with literally configuring everything yourself lol).
Yeah I used to distro hop a lot because I couldn't find a distro that was just right, when I tried Linux mint I got stuck on it. It had everything I wanted and no serious issues with it
For sure! Its definitely the distro i recommend to people looking to move away from Windows for that exact reason, and it helps that Cinnamon feels very much like Windows UI-wise.