Have you tried LMDE - Linux Mint Debian edition? It is faster than Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu. That said, I do think MX is better optimised for perform

Have you tried LMDE - Linux Mint Debian edition? It is faster than Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu. That said, I do think MX is better optimised for performance than even LMDE and find it perceptively to be a tad bit faster.