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I am old and dumb. My fren installed Linux Mint on my laptop and it works fine. I have over 100 updates waiting for action, but I don't know which ones I want or even need. I am a low-end user, I use my puter mainly for Poal and Youtube, not work stuff. Should I just enable automatic updates? I don't want a bunch of useless crap on my harddrive I will never need. Appreciate any input.

I am old and dumb. My fren installed Linux Mint on my laptop and it works fine. I have over 100 updates waiting for action, but I don't know which ones I want or even need. I am a low-end user, I use my puter mainly for Poal and Youtube, not work stuff. Should I just enable automatic updates? I don't want a bunch of useless crap on my harddrive I will never need. Appreciate any input.

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Sounds like you have had some pretty shitty linux experiences.

I cant recall the last time my machine crashed. Ive put mint on lots of things and not had any issues. I use arch on my daily driver. My and my wifes laptops run mint.

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This was the third machine I'd tried Mint on in the last two years. Similar story every time. I suspect this is why Linux never gains much traction. For the right hardware combo its stability can't be beat, but that's an elusive combination. M$ focuses on "it just works" no matter what hardware, even if that means a little general crappiness for your trouble.