Re: Yes, a constant stream of vulns --
Same here, I put complete newbs on Mint and they're fine right from the start. Likewise, I never get any tech support requests.
Installing Win-X on someone's system guarantees I'll get a call "I can't find my files", "I can't change my home page", "how do I install Java?", "my computer's running slow", ... etc, it's never-ending.