OS
Mint
Definitely more ready out of the box also seems to cope with 3D in Virtualbox better
Standard
save 1.1GB for base install of 5.5GB apt remove mintstick transmission-gtk timeshift thunderbird xed simple-scan rhythmbox redshift-gtk pix xplayer libreoffice-* xviewer hexchat gimp firefox xreader baobab gnome-calendar gnome-calculator gnome-terminal blueberry gufw tomboy && apt autoremove