I've been putting off my next OS reinstallation, but I think I'll be moving away from Ubuntu and over to Mint this time.

Pop!_OS is another choice to consider. Apparently they are sticking with Ubuntu but are stripping the Snap stuff before pushing any updates.

Seconding Pop!_OS, utterly fantastic distro.

Based on Ubuntu but with a bunch of manual patches + tweaks and driver support additions (particularly Nvidia). Really solid stock UI, and it even comes with a tiling WM built in.

https://github.com/pop-os/shell