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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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[–] • 6 pts

Generally speaking...

Most mainstream linux distros (mint included) arent installing things you dont ask for as a matter of course like MS.

You should probably be safe with what is listed.

If you are in real fear. Learn to take a backup. And backup the important things and then update.

If you need help with these, or want someone to have a look at the list. You can PM me and we can work something out.

[–] • 2 pts

Thanks...unless someone says otherwise I will enable auto updates and hope for the best.

[–] • 1 pt

Use Clonezilla to make a full HDD backup. And have an extDD for your important file backups anyway.