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They say that it loses support last month. If I don't upgrade what support will I be losing? Will they stop sending me Linux kernels or is it something else?

I'm no techie so be sorta gentle

They say that it loses support last month. If I don't upgrade what support will I be losing? Will they stop sending me Linux kernels or is it something else? I'm no techie so be sorta gentle

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[–] • 4 pts

the stopping of support, basically, means you will not find anything new in the standard repositories for your system.

Kernels and applications, and security updates for those appss stop being posted to the upchain system being tested and verified compatible with your software

[–] • 0 pt

So I eventually become ancient and potentially vulnerable to hacks and viruses using my apps and or browsers?

[–] • 1 pt

sooner than you think. But yes.

It isnt going to hurt, if your system can handle it, to go to the next LTS version of Mint.

I am not familiar with mint these days and what changed across releases.

[–] • 0 pt

I wish there was a way that I could just upgrade into it without having to wipe and start over. It doesn't look like I can do that from what I'm reading. Although to a untrained user like myself a lot of it looks like braille. They also made the boot disk creation kind of tricky compared to previous years which is annoying.

[–] • 2 pts

Mint has a sort of automated "Update Manager" which you can see if you go to the menu of programs on the lower left of your screen. It will pop up recommendations for updates to any applications on your workstation. Main thing is "If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" ! Linux always, repeat always, fucks something up every time the kernel is updated, usually the printer controls but other things too. So use the Mint "Timeshift" application to make a full back up before you update the kernel. FYI, I am a Certified Linux Administrator and have been for over 15 years. I spend more time fixing the update fuckups on my client's workstations, than on anything else. Also, Kernel 21.1-Cinnamon is the latest update. But if your kernel 19.3 is working for you, just ignore the "updates" for newer kernels. Do update the other applications which show up on the Update Manager, however.

[–] • 0 pt

I'd rather not switch off 19.3, I like it. If the later versions have features that I don't know about that's exactly it, I don't know about them and I'm doing just fine with what I have. But I was just concerned about something, I'm not sure what. But when they say they're not going to offer support I don't even know what that really means, that's kind of why I came here to ask.

[–] • 1 pt

Like I said in my earlier response. If you like what you have and it works, "Don't Fix It". "Support" means that you could go onto the Mint forum help site and get answers, maybe. Don't sweat it. Just keep using what you have.

[–] • 0 pt

I got one laptop that I'm going to put it on and see how I like it and the other laptop will get it if it is good if it's not I'll just think of something else. But both laptops I have are like my computers I don't play around with them. They're my everyday get on check email yada yada stuff, you know.