Just put Mint 19.3 on - very straight forward but as always with Linux... software installs are a pain and dependency hell. Doesn't help with poor instructions either!
Ignore the official folding@home instructions which tell you to use "--force-depends" because you'll wonder why you getting libglut and no module named fah errors with the viewer and control.
Instead found this guide elsewhere on the forum far more useful. viewtopic.php?f=89&t=30450#p314577
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# Download fahclient, fahcontrol, and optionally fahviewer from https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/ and save to your desktop
## Double click on each package, one at a time and have Package Installer install the packages.
sudo wget https://fah-web.stanford.edu/file-releases/public/GPUs.txt -P /var/lib/fahclient
sudo chown fahclient:root /var/lib/fahclient/GPUs.txt
sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient restart
## Open FAHControl and select <Configure>, <Slots>, <Add>, <GPU>, <OK>, and <Save>.