Technically trivial, but especially for newbies confusing, as you will have e.g. multiple file manager, syssettings etc
*Conclusion*
Try to find DE that fits to you. 2 distro
s you mentioned
Mint: rock solid, conservative, slow adoption of new standards (Wayland), not rec. for Bitwig, tied to Cinnamon
Ubuntu (Studio): solid, flexible, optimised for audio, a little more work to setup backups, not cutting edge but rather quick adoption
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