Have used loonoox for about a year now, have bounced around distros for a while but just settled on Ubuntu MATE because it jus werks and it has features I like and etc etc
I do schoolwork, edit videos, edit photos, play vidya gaemz, the works.
At this point I have no hiccups. You just search "xxxwhateverthefuckyouneedxxx linux" and you get shit done. No Microsoft BS to deal with.