Used to be; not so much any more. You'd be surprised how the desktop looks close to Windows and includes a familiar browser like Firefox or something like SeaMonkey (FF suite) or IceWeasel (distro tweaked version of FF).
First do you have access to a computer running anything other than Windows 10? (I don't have 10 so I have no way of testing if creating a live USB stick works exactly the same as it does on other versions of Windows).
Get yourself 2 or 3 USB stick that are 8GB in size or larger. 8 GB is the sweet spot but 8GB sticks are getting hard to find. I was able to pick up a 3 pack of 8GB sticks a few months ago.
Next down a linux live ISO.
My current favorite is LXLE desktop
http://www.lxle.net/download/
Download a utility to create a bootable USB stick.
I prefer Universal Installer
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Some prefer Unetbootin
https://unetbootin.github.io/
When you have your sticks and downloaded either Universall installer or Unetbootin and the Linux ISO, post back and I will go through a step by step as to what to do with the stick and the programs.
In case you are wondering why I told you to get USB sticks, I NEVER recommend jumping in and installing linux on any computer until you have discovered running it through a stick if it likes your hardware (nothing worse than installing only to discover you can't get on the internet or your graphics card isn't supported and you are staring at an image that looks like the Windows 3.1 days). I also ask people to test a few different flavors to see what they prefer. Some like the "start" on the top, like MACs and others prefer on the bottom like Windows. So you will try a few different ones and see what feels comfortable for you.
You can always boot into Windows 10 when you get frustrated with not being able to do something that you could in Windows and go online to read how to do something and print out instructions.
First do you have access to a computer running anything other than Windows 10? (I don't have 10 so I have no way of testing if creating a live USB stick works exactly the same as it does on other versions of Windows).
Get yourself 2 or 3 USB stick that are 8GB in size or larger. 8 GB is the sweet spot but 8GB sticks are getting hard to find. I was able to pick up a 3 pack of 8GB sticks a few months ago.
Next down a linux live ISO.
My current favorite is LXLE desktop
http://www.lxle.net/download/
Download a utility to create a bootable USB stick.
I prefer Universal Installer
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Some prefer Unetbootin
https://unetbootin.github.io/
When you have your sticks and downloaded either Universall installer or Unetbootin and the Linux ISO, post back and I will go through a step by step as to what to do with the stick and the programs.
In case you are wondering why I told you to get USB sticks, I NEVER recommend jumping in and installing linux on any computer until you have discovered running it through a stick if it likes your hardware (nothing worse than installing only to discover you can't get on the internet or your graphics card isn't supported and you are staring at an image that looks like the Windows 3.1 days). I also ask people to test a few different flavors to see what they prefer. Some like the "start" on the top, like MACs and others prefer on the bottom like Windows. So you will try a few different ones and see what feels comfortable for you.
You can always boot into Windows 10 when you get frustrated with not being able to do something that you could in Windows and go online to read how to do something and print out instructions.
