In mint have you tried the latest kernel through update manager ?
Dotdev
Its is pretty solid choice for arch users . It is like what mx linux is like to debian.Its good for beginner to try out arch though when you are using arch you kind of have to be always ready if something goes wrong.
Endeavouros would be recommended if you like arch , if you want an rolling relase you could try Opensuse Tumbleweed, or fairly updated but stable then Fedora.
All distros have a no gui install you mean that ?
It has systemd but its not enabled
Just less updates and no snaps and none of canonical things.For those who want a minimal system.
Arch and fedora are supported as well.
You can you will have to set somethings up for it.
You are running nvidia on wayland.If you are fine with not using your nvidia card for recording switch the encoder to h.264.
Both fedora and ubuntu are supported officially while community wise manjaro, linux mint and ubuntu non lts.
You can change the kernel if you want through update manager.Linux mint doesnt always follow with ubuntu.