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Yeah my second choice OS was either Kali or Debian but they seemed to have a bit more of a learning curve for a first time Linux user than Mint did, thus I just went with Mint until I become accustomed to Linux.

They are definitely a bit more difficult than Mint to get started with. The new Ubuntu versions are pretty easy to work with, but I've always found they're pretty heavy on the hardware. Have you given ubuntu a go?

I want to try some of the more specialist/wierd linux distros out too - i've got a few old machines which I might try them out on. Anyone have any ideas of good ones? I know of the North Korean Red Star OS which sounds fun to try.

My only experience was the time I tried to install Ubuntu years ago and panicked thinking I bricked my computer because no USB input was working and I was basically stuck with an uninstalled copy of Ubuntu. Ended up fixing it by using a PS/2 keyboard but haven't tried install Ubuntu since lol