“In our efforts to combat cheating in Apex, we’ve identified Linux OS as being a path for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats. As a result, we’ve decided to block Linux OS access to the game,” writes EA, in a blog post explaining the decision.

Another game removed from their list.

No benefit to using it over Ubuntu.

Upgrades often have issues, are every 6-8 months, and:

To upgrade to Linux Mint 20 you need experience with APT and the command line. https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-20.html

You get delayed updates - lacking up-to-date software features. Typically, one or two releases behind Ubuntu which is already behind. This also makes it less secure.

They distributed malicious software: https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-website-hacked-malicious-iso-offered-on-saturday/

It's large / bloated

Often breaks from PPAs

No fractional scaling