There are also "easy" Arch like endeavour or cachy, but yeah, for users like him is Arch based not the best choice

But keep in mind Mint is a non rolling distro, it means you have to upgrade to a newer Version in a periodic time (like win XP to win vista). Rolling release distro (like Arch) doesnt have a Version.

If you have time to learn how your distro works: Archlinux. If you just want to easily install a distro and everything just works: Linux Mint.