Linux Mint Xfce is great, I prefer Windows 7. It does the job without problems. Do NOT ever, get Windows 8 or 8.1. Terrible, terrible programs. They somehow managed to get the new version (8.1) to be worse than the older version. It's like Vista 2.0.
EDIT: We attempted to uninstall Windows 8.1 from a laptop. The OS had created partitions on the HDD, made them invisible and restricted access to save it's self. It avoided a formatting attempt and clung to life through several attempts.
Currently unable to consistently be present in the Community due to life constraints.