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The main difference between Linux distros is the software repository. You can pretty much install any UI on any distro. You can install the Linux Mint UI on any other distro, it's called Cinnamon DE.
Do not use the Nvidia installer script. The one file that ends in .run or whatever. Chances are that it will brick your install at some point.
READ THIS. It is rules for installing software on a Debian-based system to not break your system. https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
Nvidia hosts a software repository for Linux drivers. It says that this repository is intended for servers but it also works for desktop computers. I have the nvidia 580 driver installed on Debian. I tried the 590 driver and it was buggy.
https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/driver-installation-guide/debian.html
https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/driver-installation-guide/ubuntu.html
https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/
Depending on which Mint you installed, you would add the Debian repository or the Ubuntu repository. I think Mint doesn't even maintain their own full repository, the Mint distro piggybacks on Debian or Ubuntu. look at your /etc/apt/sources.list
Note that, the DontBreakDebian guide says it is bad practice to add third-party repositories. This is a special circumstance.
LMAO I have the same exact broken Debian mug