Mint, Trisquel. I couldn't run a software on Zorin (aldebaran choregraphe), I tried to solve it but unsuccesfully. So I had to change the distro. I chose Mint. Very friendly. Than switched to Trisquel because it's 100% free and recommended by FSF. But for someone who doesn't care about Free philosophy, I recommend Mint.
Yes, GNU/Linux has a slow steady growth. Windows had >90% market share in 2009, now it has around 72%. Of course, some went to Mac, but many people to gnu/linux, too.
Mint, Trisquel. I couldn't run a software on Zorin (aldebaran choregraphe), I tried to solve it but unsuccesfully. So I had to change the distro. I chose Mint. Very friendly. Than switched to Trisquel because it's 100% free and recommended by FSF. But for someone who doesn't care about Free philosophy, I recommend Mint.