Ignore the haters, I'd go with Ubuntu LTS. You can pick your Desktop manager flavors like KDE, Gnome, LXDE, XFCE etc.
There are few fancy ones too like Deepin, Elementary, Budgie, etc.
Try them all and then go with what you like.
Having workflow on Linux is a bit hard but after enough experiments, I am sure you can find one good that fits your needs.