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I highly discourage dual booting as a novice.
Back when I dual booted I had so many issues and things to look out for not to break the system, and distro hopping is difficult etc.. just get rid of windows
Mint and pop are basically ubuntu. For the end user, especially a beginner, there's 0 difference between them.
I ran dual boot for years with zero issues. Just partition the drive or use two different ones.