Mint is great for older hardware performance wise. It’s also one of the most polished distros in terms of things like updates, settings and updates. The Ubuntu/Debian ecosystem is also better supported by 3rd parties than Arch and Red Hat.
Elementary is a lot of the same, but the UI is more for Mac refugees.
It is lagging a bit on the latest gaming support. Thats what bazzite(Fredora) and CachyOS(Arch) are doing very well at the moment. They are a bit heavier on hardware requirements though, but still less than Windows.
They are all perfectly stable if you’re just using it for office stuff and browsing. You only need to worry about stability if you’re gaming or doing tech stuff, like homelabing.
Do you want a reliable basic PC? Mint
Are you a non technical gamer? Bazzite
Are you a technical gamer? Cachy os
End of the day your distro is little more then the starting defaults.
Any distro can do anything. With few expections.
But for gaming you can save yourself a LOT of headache using a distro that has all the gaming related fluff preset up out of the box.
I heard Mint and Elementary both mentioned a lot for switchers.
Any reason you recommend mint over it?
Never tried either of them myself so just curious.
Mint is great for older hardware performance wise. It’s also one of the most polished distros in terms of things like updates, settings and updates. The Ubuntu/Debian ecosystem is also better supported by 3rd parties than Arch and Red Hat.
Elementary is a lot of the same, but the UI is more for Mac refugees.
It is lagging a bit on the latest gaming support. Thats what bazzite(Fredora) and CachyOS(Arch) are doing very well at the moment. They are a bit heavier on hardware requirements though, but still less than Windows.
What if you want productivity (everyday tasks) + game?
If you everyday tasks include document signing or scanning with a Wifi printer, then maybe steer clear of Bazzite and Kionite and opensuse Aeon/kalpa.
I would go for just normal fedora or opensuse tumbleweed instead.
Mint is also great if you don’t have a “fresh off the production line new hardware”.
Basically every distro ships with office as well as a browser
If you need specific software then just download later like you would on windows
sure
I’m always a bit worried that other distros could have things harder to set up or less stable, that’s why I want to go with mint
They are all perfectly stable if you’re just using it for office stuff and browsing. You only need to worry about stability if you’re gaming or doing tech stuff, like homelabing.