Same here... And in almost a year now I have had not one negative experience. It has just plain worked and is very resource friendly. I just yesterday installed mint 18.3 on a 2001 32 bit HP laptop that had an EXTREME known overheating problem and it now screams and runs cool. Windows resource overtaxing was the problem from the factory. The fact that Linux allows you to recycle and use an up to date OS on an old machine like this speaks for it’s self. “Does not meet minimum requirements” and need to buy a new machine is almost unheard of with linux. It can even be installed on a Raspberry Pi or smartphone.
I know one thing, there is a very good reason why all the largest and most powerful organizations and institutions in the world are now switching to Linux...
do you happen to have a list handy?