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What was the reason? I remember Pop looks pretty nice.
I've had issues when I used to use Mint (from mucking around with dependencies and such granted, and python environments) but I'm short on time so I'll probably try it next. KDE usually looks nicer and controls peripheries better (like screen brightness).
The reason why I'd prefer Mint to Pop!_OS? Because Mint is more "standard". Less surprises between upgrades.
I would say if your friend doesn't know Linux or doesn't need to do anything strange, Mint is a sensible choice, even though it's not immutable as Bazzite.
I like KDE too, but if Bazzite doesn't work and you want something as stable as Bazzite, I would go with Mint.
I can't recommend Mint more. I ran it for years, only switching to Fedora for a newer kernel.