I like Linux Mint a lot. It was the single most important factor which allowed me to completely migrate away from Windows over 5 years ago, without any regrets and without ever having to go back. As such, I will always regard it fondly.

That said, I run Linux Mint Una 20.3, on all my computers, rather than Vera. Up until 20.3 upgrading was painless and easy. Vera took that away. During several tests of upgrading from Una to Vera so many things I had installed and running perfectly were marked as needing to be removed during the upgrade that I stopped the process and stuck with Una. Vera may have some nice features but if the process of upgrading to Vera gets rid of many of the things I actually use and have functioning well in Una then I doubt there will be further version upgrades in my foreseeable future, which I find disappointing.