It should work on Mint as well, but the theming may be off you will probably have to redo Icons and such.
Just FYI, XFCE can totally look like Gnome (look at rhino Linux) if you theme it. You may consider installing the SaveDesktop app and redoing your XFCE setup (the unixporn community has some great inspiration)
macOS and Linux have additional security features at a system level, on Linux most software comes through controlled repositories or sandboxed flatpaks. There are also tons of multi million dollar companies that constantly try to find and fix kernel level vulnerabilities and a distro like Debian, which is very popular for servers, has had less major vulnerabilities than windows 7 throughout its entire lifecycle and Debian exists for other 30 years. So Iโd say Linux is would have a few less (different) attacks
As Richard Stallman said: Steve Jobs created a cage and made it so shiny that millions of people want to be trapped in it
(From memory so not exact, just search Richard Stallman Apple fanboys are fools)
Itโs Not Bad, but against the malware that always is a step ahead it stands little of a chance as it canโt solve the โlegacyโ problems that keep windows from becoming more secure
It should work on Mint as well, but the theming may be off you will probably have to redo Icons and such. Just FYI, XFCE can totally look like Gnome (look at rhino Linux) if you theme it. You may consider installing the SaveDesktop app and redoing your XFCE setup (the unixporn community has some great inspiration)