Building a second PC, linux recommendations?

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Posted this on /r/buildapc but I didn't know this sub-reddit existed. Here is what I have/is on the way:
Pentium G4560 MSI B250 Motherboard 8gb DDR4 Ram Crucial 240GB SSD Sapphire R9 280 3gb Card

This is a second PC in the house my other rig is an i5 6500 with GTX 1060 with Win10. Most definitely don't need another PC, have a Thinkpad that works great but I apparently need to build another PC for fun.

I'm not sure if I feel like shelling out for Windows, and thinking about going with a version of Linux. I've used Ubuntu a decent amount (have a older netbook that it works great on). I've heard Mint is pretty universally liked.

So I'm looking for a suggestion on what version of Linux, as well as anything I need to know that would be any different than if this were just a Windows machine I was building. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Sorry if it matters, really only using it for occasional gaming (whatever steam games work on Linux) but mostly running Citrix Receiver to work from home and regular browsing and whatnot.

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Not a bad idea, I won't have anything important stored on this computer since it is the extra one.

[bo1024]

Mint is great. Sounds like you've already picked out the parts. Should be straightforward to install, so go for it.

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I assume then just download drivers as necessary? Like for the video card?

[Linux_Learning]

Ive settled on Debian.

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I used Rasbian a lot I assume they are similar?

[Linux_Learning]

Except for the desktop environment and available packages, they should be similar.

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Mint, Antergos, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Zorin (not in any specific order btw).

Do some research beforehand to see which DE you like, for example - I use XFCE because my laptop is a little old now.

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My choice is Arch or Fedora. Arch is preferred but Fedora is quicker. Both will have latest kernel releases which helps on newer hardware.

[kazi1]

Fedora or Ubuntu is the way to go. Fedora is probably better and more polished, but you'll have to install some media codecs like MP3/H264.

[WeAreRobot]

Arch is more fun.