Mint cinnamon is the best as you say, but the 19.2 is having issues. 18.3 and update the kernel is the way to go.
Interesting. My 19.2 computers are doing fine, but here's a list of problems that other people have had:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/bugs.html
I expect that updates will quickly fix most of those. I should say that for someone accustomed to having problems with Windows updates, Mint updates will come as a very pleasant surprise.