Been trying to compile the wallet on Mint, its unable to do so, would be nice if you werent forced to used ubuntu

reformatting all my drives and everything so i can set everything up
You don't have to use Ubuntu. It is only recommended. But, Mint works just fine. Others use Mint without issue.
Actually I'm using Mint on the KORE Testnet and we have ones running Ubuntu
but for the old wallet I simply do not know.
Are you running the old wallet on Mint or is anyone?
MikeMike