I decided to try installing the current version of Linux Mint (v. 20.3) onto a Dell Latitude E5570 laptop.
I was curious to see how well Linux would function and perform on a somewhat recent laptop. The laptop has an Intel i7 processor and 32GB of RAM and was running Windows 10.
During the Linux install, I simply had the installer wipe the SSD and use the entire drive. Goodbye, Windows!
I created a bootable 32GB USB jumpdrive with the Linux Mint 20.3 installer. To create this, I used the balenaEtcher utility on Windows 10 to create the bootable jumpdrive. Once created, I inserted the 32GB USB memory stick into the laptop, rebooted the computer, then, using F12 after reboot, selected the USB device as the boot option. The laptop booted flawlessly into the Linux Mint 20.3 installer.
Following the reboot after installation, Linux Mint booted with no problems to the login screen. I logged into Linux, then was greeted by the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop as well as the login sound. So the sound worked. The graphics card worked.
Before starting the installation, I had connected the laptop to the LAN with a CAT5 cable, so I launched Firefox to test for network and Internet connectivity. The Mozilla page loaded as did the Linux Mint's homepage. So the internal NIC was detected successfully. Eventually, I also was able to connect to a Wifi network, so Linux Mint also detected the internal wireless card.
I also inserted a 16GB Sandisk USB memory stick, and Linux Mint detected it with no problems.
By default Linux Mint installs the LibreOffice Suite as well as a few other apps to get started with such as Rhythymbox for music, VLC media player for music and videos, Text Editor for editing text files, Firefox for web browsing, and a few others. If anything is missing, then the Software Manager under the Administration sub-menu is available to install additional apps.
So from a typical user's perspective and needs, Linux Mint 20.3 installs and works with no problems on the Dell Latitude E5570 laptop.
Cheers and happy computing.