NP! actually mint is what I'm using

Though if you go with it I suggest going for the XFCE version (the desktop environment), instead of the regular cinnamon, it's way more light on resources

Another great distro to try is manjaro (also with XFCE), it's based on ArchLinux so everything is more cuting edge, as opposed to mint which is based on the LTS Ubuntu, which makes so all software in the repositories tend to be really old (though you can always use flatpaks or manually install the stuff you want if you want the newer versions)

Manjaro XFCE is really light on resources, good for older systems, like after boot the RAM usage was less than 1 GB

Another one of note is Pop!_OS, also ubuntu based, but at least with Pop you get to pick one built upon a newer Ubuntu release

NP! actually mint is what I'm using

Though if you go with it I suggest going for the XFCE version (the desktop environment), instead of the regular cinnamon, it's way more light on resources

Another great distro to try is manjaro (also with XFCE), it's based on ArchLinux so everything is more cuting wedge, as opposed to mint which is based on the LTS Ubuntu, which makes so all software in the repositories tend to be really old (though you can always use flatpaks or manually install the stuff you want if you want the newer versions)

Manjaro XFCE is really light on resources, good for older systems, like after boot the RAM usage was less than 1 GB

Another one of note is Pop!_OS, also ubuntu based, but at least with Pop you get to pick one built upon a newer Ubuntu release