Yes LMDE I also used it in dual-boot for almost a year, but the compatibility of GOG games was less good.
Good, but also more difficult to use, I will not recommend to a beginner.
I’m not sure I’m going to board this ship for a lifetime crossing, not right now.

I discovered Linux in 2015 it seems to me, with Mint 17.2, which made it possible to better understand the computer.
A PC before that, was a machine to play games, in 50% use!
And searched why it did not work, in 50% use!
To say that I have a lot of ignorance.
I don’t know the whole history of the abandonment of the "multilib repository" for Mint
Without Mint I would be on Linux, but I would spend more time understanding than using it.
Like a mechanic who never drives! Maybe I’ll even be back on... HO No, what a horror.
What bone are you on?

Fedora.

Okay, so Distros are largely down to opinion.

I use Fedora and recommend it for reasons which may not even be relevant to you.

1. It isn't trying to do anything special/have a gimmick.
2. Fedora is the testing bed for new tech while not being so bleeding edge as to constantly break.
3. Fedora is spun from the same tapestry as Red Hat Enterprise; professional grade software. This reflects itself in stability without staleness.
4. Fedora is among the oldest Distros, having had time to internally mature.
5. Sane defaults. Rather than try and get fancy with settings, configurations are often set to more universal defaults.
6. Experimental packages are guided and located on a central repository.
7. I have personal philosophy issues with the way Debian derivatives run themselves. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/


Now you might notice I didn't say anything like "I like the desktop that comes with Fedora", because that's a useless point; you can install and use any desktop, even removing the one that comes by default. https://fedoramagazine.org/fedoras-gaggle-of-desktops/


Basically, I learned how to Linux by throwing myself at what I felt to be a professional distro; and learned by referencing the Arch Wiki.

Yes of course Fedora;) thank you for this complete answer,
I understand why Fedora is so appreciated by the most experienced.

1 years to choose my distribution and I excluded Fedora because, to switch to Linux I formatted my DD with Live USB.
So the need to operate the OS immediately, and understand how later.
On Fedora, there were too many new things to understand for a first use.
And too many choices to make, I understood: for connoisseurs demand.
If Fedora had a beginner ISO, and easier to install, it would have become my choice I think.

Using Rosa Linux R10, the difference with Mint is amazing.
This distribution was fantastic, and very simple to use!
And sometimes the games worked better.
I wondered if this could come from the RPM management system?

Less timeout and more it just doesn't stop even when done; Though on some files it does... odd...
Though i'll look over -c and -q and test it.

Most work great!
I got my lutris running most games, some times their is a steam game that does not work.
I got overwatch running and all that jazz. there was that one game on gog I tried that did not work.

Overall very smooth and easy.

Debian does that too, with the choice between the stable versions, and Debian unstable "Sid" ;)

Yes it is true, and I used it on LMDE :-D
I’ve never used the terminal so much to set it up!
I learned a lot from that experience, I couldn’t remember all that.

Is anyone else here having this shutdown/reboot hanging problem now in Linux Mint? This started happening to me some days ago after some system update.

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=310967

It may be there are two different problems that people are mixing up in that discussion, the error messages and the shutdown hanging (people presumed they are related as you see those messages near the end when the shutdown hangs).

Some messages implied there is some systemd update that might have some fix for this, but I am unsure if it was for the shutdown hanging or the error messages or both, and when it would come to Mint.

I have to perform a hard power down whenever I try to shutdown Linux, blech...

I had problems for a few days, yes. Linux Mint Mate (modified). Fixed yesterday with updates.

Just to clarify your last statement, Ubuntu have dropped supporting 32 bit architecture in the latest 20.04 LTS release. They would still be supporting 32 bit software onwards. They were going to cease support for those applications but was meet with gigantic backlash for their decision and immediately reversed it afterwards,

Try some other distributions, too ;)

Ubuntu isn't even that impressive anymore.

What problems specifically? Shutdown hanging?

I'm still having the problem with hanging shutdown.