“You see old friend. I brought more soldiers than you did” Lol my first thought as well

I ran mint for a long time on my main rig. It’s solid and will do most everything you need to. My machine is similar in spec to yours so you shouldn’t have any issues. I only recently switched to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as i wanted to try something more bleeding edge but boy do I miss Cinnamon.

Baldur’s gate 3 was the best game of 2023. Saved you a click