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If you're already using Ubuntu, I don't think it's worth it. They're fairly similar. Then again, I didn't even get to install Ubuntu in the first place, the installer kept crashing.
Unless the laptop is a potato and you don't have a better computer, you can try Mint, or any other distro in a VM to see for yourself.
And welcome to Linux. If someone recommends you Arch Linux, Gentoo or LFS as other newbie-friendly option, it's a joke.
Thank you for the reply. Nobody has recommended Arch Linux, Gentoo or LFS, yet lol. But Im happy I switched from Windows to Linux. However, Ubuntu is taking me a bit to get used to. It took me a few days to get Ubuntu to even work. Thankfully, I don't have anything on my laptop. I kept it blank for a reason to fly around and try out this OS.
Then again, the archlinux wiki and forums are the best places to get every kind of help a linux user might need. And this is true for every distribution, to some extent.