On a modern PC, you expect your high-end NVMe drive and multicore processor to give the best performance. That's why I couldn't accept that my hardware was the problem after noticing micro-stutters ...

I've tried the Google, the linuxmint forums, and the reddit to no avail. I recent installed Linux Mint Mate 20 over top of my 19.3 install. I formated the root drive but kept my home directory.

There are a few different reasons why the average person — as opposed to an enthusiast tinkerer — might want to try out one of the many available flavors of free Linux-based operating systems. If ...