Absolutely, same here. I tried Linux a couple times back when it was Redhat. Everything went well with Win XP and Win 7 and then came the Win 10 thing. In no way was I falling for the MS BS anymore. So as a last ditch before giving up on PCs altogether I decided to take a look at Linux again even if I had to use it with the terminal. I read reviews and settled on Mint because of the “Best Distro” reviews.
I was blown away by what Linux used to be and what it is now. I was now set and good to go. And like I mentioned, that was six years ago and that same first install is still running like it was new. That laptop is so old now most of the keys have popped off it and I have to use an external keyboard. That is the only “hardware problem” I have ever had with Linux... lol
i just noticed that linux mint 20.2 doesn’t have the chocie to choose which updates I now want- no place to choose from- i have to get all of them apparently?