Only until you find one that suits you. I tried all kinds and settled on Linux Mint. Been running it for a long while now. I still get tempted to try others from time to time; but that is more to see what else is out there and what other distro's might be doing better; not because the one you have doesn't "work". For Windows Updates; they wouldn't need updates to steal your data, you gave it to them by using Windows in the first place.