Установить надо Mint 19, особых познаний в linux немного (читай - нет, хотя лет десять назад приходилось легко администрировать Gentoo, даже ставил сервера на ней. Наверно, всё по FAQам делал). Проблем с обычной установкой на машину нет.
LM 19 Tara 64-bit
System: Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.8 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1) Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: SABERTOOTH P67 v: Rev 1.xx serial: N/A BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 11/01/2012 CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2600K (-MT-MCP-) arch: Sandy Bridge rev.7 cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 27467 clock speeds: max: 5900 MHz 1: 1640 MHz 2: 1625 MHz 3: 1777 MHz 4: 1719 MHz 5: 1616 MHz 6: 1645 MHz 7: 1649 MHz 8: 1622 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] bus-ID: 01:00.0 Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 2560x1080@60.00hz OpenGL: renderer: NV124 version: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes Audio: Card-1 Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Def. Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Card-2 NVIDIA GM204 High Def. Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic Network: Card-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> Card-2: Ralink RT3060 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 07:00.0 IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-) ID-1: /dev/sda model: VTX3 size: 120.0GB temp: 128C ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB2.0_FlashDisk size: 8.1GB temp: 0C Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.9G used: 216M (3%) fs: overlay dev: N/A RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 44.0 Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 Info: Processes: 245 Uptime: 24 min Memory: 1788.2/16007.9MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56