Cinnamon is the desktop environment I was looking for.
Try looking at this page for a tutorial on setting/adjusting your screen resolution in Linux Mint.
Let me know how that works for you. It's pretty step-by-step. You should have no trouble.
Thank you, I am still using windows 7 on a different HD until I get this down. Once I do, I want to get Brave Browser, which I hope is compatible, as it has all of my ...uh things...