I always thought Mint looked a bit ugly, but maybe it could be improved with some customization. It sounds like you might prefer something with KDE instead of Gnome. Both Pop!_OS and Mint are based on Ubuntu, so your experience might not differ significantly between the two. As another poster mentioned, Fedora could be a better option.

I usually post in the more active one, if not both of them

Having a pet sloth would be pretty cool

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Thanks!

Nicotine. I was able to quit for about three months last year. Going to give it another try tomorrow now that I’ve run out of patches.

Welcome. Sounds like you’re going to be very happy here. Fedora is a great choice. I love what they’re doing with atomic desktops.