[tbelldesignco]

I have used Linux Mint once before and it was a solid distro and as a first timer I don’t think that Mint 20 would be a bad place to start seeing as it is built on the most recent version of Ubuntu. Elementary OS is another distro, but it took thinks in an apple like direction and I played with their most recent version and everything seemed on the up and up. The change in application handling I believe was to move more towards a macOS like architecture where things are a little more locked down with the system apps to prevent tampering from malware. I’d say try it! It’s a light weight system and for an older machine that you’re trying to breath life back into it would be a good starting place to see if something like this would be an option.