Oh definitely. Though I’m not actually sure how heavy Cinnamon is. Xfce or LxQt are my preference, since my hardware isn’t great.

https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-cinnamon-mate-xfce/ is a good comparison Mint-wise

And here you are, posting the list in airing order instead of the proper order :P

I second the Mint recommendation, but with your older hardware, I suggest using the version with Xfce instead of Cinnamon, as it’s lighter weight

Not declaring all your profit is actually the opposite of laundering money, so it’s going to be one or the other, never both

qBittorrent + Plex makes it pretty easy; you can search for torrents from within qBittorrent, so no scummy sites