As to whether Mint is more stable than Ubuntu in their current incarnations,
my experience reveals them to be about equal.and a marked improvement over
Windows 7. The game is to learn what you can load on an operating system
without it losing track of what you're trying to do with the applications.
Windows has always worked well for me when it's run lean and mean, thatis,
with few applications installed. With Ubuntu or Mint, I that the margin is
greater. Install ONLY what you actually will use, and be disciplined about
it.