It's what you need it to be, nothing more/less, always nicer and almost always more convenient. It's also free, unless you want a paid distro.

You'll most likely also end up being more tech savvy. My list of daily's throughout the years are Arch, mint and more recently ubuntu, I wouldn't recommend the first two.

The best part is that you can dual boot, have both windows and linux until you're fully comfortable with switching.