Thank you so much, comrades! I am feeling pretty comfortable with linux mint, and now would like some suggestions for some absolutely necessary FOSS or free license software for the OS. So far I have the standard, Firefox, ThunderBird, LibreOffice, yada yada. Thank you again to everyone on the linux comm! 
Why do you respect it the most, or why is it better than vlc?
Aside from the fact that I’ve used it long enough without encountering any breaking issues or bugs, it is very powerful and highly customizable.