DerisionConsulting , 5 months ago

Make a USB that you can “live boot” from, so you can test out how they work with your hardware. Generally speaking, Mint works better with AMD, and Pop! works better with Nvidea. Once you have one you like, you can use the installer on USB to set things up.

Here’s the official basic guide for Mint:
…readthedocs.io/…/latest/

And here’s the official basic guide for Pop!:
support.system76.com/articles/install-pop/