His advice for a Debian 12-based version is still Linux Mint.
There's a version of Mint called Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE).
Mint is normally based on Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is based on Debian. Linux Mint Debian Edition is based directly on Debian, skipping Ubuntu. I think it's running Cinnamon.
I have no advice, I'm running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon Ed., but I'm on a 2019 Dell PC so I can't guess at your results. Only been on LInux since June myself.
@cron
I couldn't get the link to work--I get a server error--but I was able to look at the video on YouTube, so this might be useful to others with the same issue:
Edit: I did get the link to work one out of five times. I guess the site is just congested? I don't know. But anyway, there's a link to the YouTube video directly anyway.
@DuckyLoco404 @justanotherperson
Not familiar with ecryptfs but that mount command looks incomplete.
General syntax for mount is:
sudo mount -t filesystem type device or file to be mounted directory to mount device or file
(The -t specifies the following value is a filesystem type.)
The path you've specified is the device or file to be mounted, but no mount point is specified.
Also saw this on Linux Mint forum:
(Recovering files from Encrypted .)
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=354385