Hi fredsch, I'm not sure I know the right answer. On desktop and laptop I test on I have Ubuntu with NVIDIA drivers (I just use the latest) and everything needed for getting clean report from 'vulkaninfo' console command.
I just asked a friend about running on Mint and he asked which graphics card you have in your machine? If you want I can forward your computer specs to him and he'll figure out what you can do to make it work.