Linux Mint is a great beginner distro.

I got my dad, who is very non-tech, to switch from Windows 10 to Linux Mint; he has been using it for over 2 years now. He went from using Edge, Microsoft Word, and Outlook to using Firefox, LibreOffice and Thunderbird.

If you’re trying to DeGoogle, you can receive some help and info by checking out the https://lemmy.ml/c/degoogle community.