That is really strange proposal. Windows-like system is standard for desktop environment. There are some variations, like OS X or GNOME, but they still follow same windows design after all. As for GNOME it is love or hate, anyway. I would never recommend Mint or Zorin not because they are Windows-like, but because they are old and there are more user-friendly distros, atomic distros are even noob-friendly, like Silverblue or Kinoite.
All boomers’ de’s have demand by conservative users, nothing bad here, I guess.