I have been thinking of booting up the old laptop and injecting it with Mint, just gotta get around to that. I want to try it out and learn a bit before possibly ruining my main PC, or once I build the planned next PC. I checked a while ago and I shouldn't be needing any applications without alternatives. (I was struggling a bit while looking for a music player, MP3, but Strawberry should be fine I guess.) I do play some games that don't seem to be Linux compatible (Steams's words) but then again, I game so rarely and there are plenty of games that work so ehh, not a dealbreaker. (Also there seems to be all kinds of software to get around this so I could also just work to get the games to work..)

Thank you for your answer and Mint Cinnamon recommendation, I will look into it once I get around. :)