I have never seen or used ZorinOS, but I have used Linux Mint for about a year as my daily driver when I started using Linux. What I can say from experience, you cannot go wrong with Linux Mint. I am not saying ZorinOS is not better, but Linux Mint would be definitely a good choice. Cinnamon desktop environment (Linux Mint own DE) provides a good user experience out of the box with enough customizability to satisfy users needs, I would say. Either way, have fun with Linux.
I have never seen or used ZorinOS, but I have used Linux Mint for about a year as my daily driver when I started using Linux. What I can say from experience, you cannot go wrong with Linux Mint. I am not saying ZorinOS is not better, but Linux Mint would be definitely a good choice. Cinnamon desktop environment (Linux Mint own DE) provides a good user experience out of the box with enough customizability to satisfy users needs, I would say. Either way, have fun with Linux.