Linux Mint needed to be on this list - It really did.
If you're going to install Linux Mint without every changing a setting, along with ever updating, and everything on your hardware works, sure, it will run.
The problem with Mint is as soon as you start upgrading the distro, and start making changes (even GUI changes), the thing falls apart.
You've got a distro that is 3 development levels in. You start with Debian, which is forked to Ubuntu, which is forked into Mint. That is 2 developments before you in the upstream, and any issue in Debian or Ubuntu or combination of the two, plus Mint, it really does become a "hot mess" (junk).
Then you have the community who wants you to use the terminal for everything. There could be a user-friendly GUI Tool, and the community will instruct you to use the terminal method. - The post about changing the wallpaper was deleted, because it was absurd. But it was a great undertone of the problem with the community.
Mint Debian Edition, would be the distro to use, but they don't support it. All your updates come directly from Debian and if anything breaks that is exclusive to Mint, you're going to wait months, or even years, before they address it.
I'm not hatting on Ubuntu or Debian. You want a DEB distro, use Debian or Ubuntu. You'll get better stability, better support, and people who will remind you, there are GUI tools. Or better yet, go with Fedora, and you'll likely never need to touch the terminal (seriously).
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