Screenshot of my partitions. Partition 1 if EFI, Partition 2 is Mint Boot sector I believe. Partition 3 is everything else.
I’m looking to give OpenSUSE TW and Fedora a try specifically. HD is encrypted from install, and I didn’t know to put /home on its own partition.
Plenty of storage space to play with. How should I approach hopping with the least amount of pain and cleanup when I finally figure out where I want to land?
Spin up some VMs. Most distros should work out of the box like that. Then you can see what you’re up against.
When you find something you like, try a Live ISO, if possible. Look for any odd behavior from that when it’s on bare metal. If all is good, back up your data, and go to town!
Yeah, since I’m between 2 distros, Live USB would save time. My touchpad was always a special case with Mint 21, so hardware check is my main concern. I don’t do anything else that word break either.