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Regarding the lots of help online:
Linux Mint is made so that they take the most recent Ubuntu, make certain alterations to it and then ship it as Linux Mint.
Because of this, over 95 % of advice for Ubuntu works on Linux Mint out of the box. But of course, sometimesthe few changes Linux Mint has done causes the advice to not work. So, first look for
But, sometimes that doesn't work and you find no solutions. Then try
...and you almost surely find a solution that solves the problem.
Just remember, it is impolite to go ask for help on Ubuntu forums if you're using some other distribution, such as Mint. But, sometimes it could be the only good option. In those cases begin with something akin to "I am running Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu and nobody on the Mint forums was able to help, so I'm trying my luck here."
Telling someone to use gnome feels like a hate crime.
We are trying to help people use a PC the way they want. Not just give them a different boot heel to grovel under.
So we can't suggest it because you don't like it? Check.
Won't happen again, sir.
I was with you in the first half, Bazzite GNOME seems like a wild recommendation over the KDE build which is far more Windows-like. But seriously, calling GNOME a boot-heel? I assume because of Red Hat contributing heavily, but you know the GNOME Foundation is a fully independent non-profit entity, right? The closest thing to a boot-heel on that list is Ubuntu/Canonical and even that is a stretch. Grow up.
If gaming isn't a priority, Bazzite's cousins Project Silverblue (GNOME) or Aurora (KDE) are pawbably better choices. Much more grandma-safe in my opinion, both having automatic updates enabled by default.
https://universal-blue.org/#images