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Okay, let's play this game :D Mint, because it's frickin easy and fulfills all my needs while being stable enough for my work laptop
this sounds reasonable
I just built a laptop and I always choose Mint. I used the XFCE spin and it failed me. Everything worked well except the second monitor screen. I just could not get it to display proper 1080p. I tried forums and changed a bunch of configurations.
I ended up getting Fedora on it and it worked out of the box. Oh well. Fedora it is then.