I am like _SUPER SURPRISED_, that a lot of guys here are talking about using mint.
Are you serious? Don't you remember the situation like ~2years ago, when they got hacked and someone modified their isos? I have no trust in such distro at all.
And it's ubuntu/debian based, so why you just don't use debian/ubuntu instead? It doesn't make any sense.
source:
Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th! – The Linux Mint Blog