Thank you so much, comrades! I am feeling pretty comfortable with linux mint, and now would like some suggestions for some absolutely necessary FOSS or free license software for the OS. So far I have the standard, Firefox, ThunderBird, LibreOffice, yada yada. Thank you again to everyone on the linux comm! 
- syncthing - Sync files across internet, works very well
- netdata - Very comprehensive monitoring software for servers
- Firefox
- wine - Without it (including proton) I couldn't make the switch, it's kind of a necessary evil but it's not wine that's the evil.
- KDE Desktop - My personal preference, I used Ubuntu and Pop OS, gnome doesn't suit me.