I just put Mint Cinnamon 22.2 on a Dell laptop. Dell sells this laptop with Windows or Linux. So this means laptop very Linux compatible. I tried Linux Mint a few years ago and found install of new apps/programs to be very difficult.
This time around installation is easy.
Mint Cinnamon PLUSES>>>
1-It has nightlight that turns down blue light part of spectrum at night. And does this as well as Windows 11.
2-Using Chrome and Edge is the same as using them on Windows 11
3-You can look up the whys. But Linux Mint and maybe other Linuxes, give you a brighter display than Windows 11. So now I can use this laptop outdoors in the shade. I tested this at 8AM. This Dell is rated at 250 NITS of brightness. With Linux the brightness is at least 300-330 NITS.
-4 No more Microsoft telemetry phoning home. I despise having to use a MS account to use Windows 11.
-5 Linux is more secure against hackers. Plus since the Linux desktop market is only 5%, too small for hackers to invent viruses and backdoors for. My bet is Android is the most hacked OS these days.
6- More secure Linux means I will feel better doing money transactions.
7- With Linux Mint the laptops display really pops out. I watched a few 4k you tube Japan travelogs in HDR, it looked other worldly. Yes the laptops display in only FHD/
The only slight negative is finding the fonts i like for Edge and Chrome. My go to Windows fonts are not there. It is all Linux fonts.
apt -y install ttf-mscorefonts-installer