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Is that a good idea?

I did it on one of my computers as I wanted a feature that was in 6.14. It didn’t cause any issues, nor should it. I believe the disto maintainer is simply being cautious and not having people auto-upgrade kernels as part of minor version upgrades.

I believe 6.14 is somewhat recent, so it might be just a matter of when each installation file was obtained.

Yeah. If you upgraded to Mint 22.2 from 22.1, you will still be on kernel 6.8. But I believe if you installed via a full install directly to 22.2, you will be on kernel 6.14.

I recommend upgrading your 6.8 installation with a fresh download from your preferred source and a full reinstall.

You can upgrade the Mint kernel to 6.14 via Software Update Manager > View > Linux Kernels. No full reinstall required.

Though, OP, unless there is a specific reason to change it or you just like doing so, I would leave it alone: don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

If it’s on the distros, don’t fret it too much. They all do everything, it’s just an initial configuration.

I have been recommending Mint specifically, as it targets the average user with a ‘it just works’ mentality.

Any specific things you are getting stuck on?

Yeah, active PoE is the only kind worth buying. Passive PoE is an accident waiting to happen.

Mass Effect 2 was the last great game Bioware made. So, yeah.

EA is well known for turning studios to shit. They have quite the impressive graveyard at this point.

Not all of us know what this is. Can you expand on your thoughts?

Ebay, Cragslist. Doesn’t fully fit in with the sub, but, it’s what I do when I get too many.

Nice.

Very much so looking forward to seeing rigorous benchmarks of GPUs on linux.

It’s also unreasonable to have to wait FIFTEEN MINUTES after every setting change to verify it did what you need.

Yeah, that is my standard way of doing things. Old desktop becomes the server, and it’s specs blow everything I want it to do out of the water, so things like file storage (and the CPU required to encrypt-on-disk), etc have no chance of ever presenting an issue. Though, I do have a pair of Pis with POE hats on them (as well as a POE switch), because I really like POE.

Then I set it up for auto-updates and proceed to ignore it. Love very simple home networking setups that still accomplish every goal.

The dedicated NAS appliances really annoy me. Every time I have had to use one I just think ‘I can just do this in Linux on any random desktop lying around, why am I learning another proprietary thing?’

Of course you could just bypass all that nonsense by pirating your media

And this is precisely why piracy is on the rise. People will pay for convince/features, as we see with steam and music streaming.

The video industry has yet to figure this out.

All hail Windows 11 for making the future brighter on that front too; with Microsoft pushing forced obsolescence!

Yeah, tons of businesses are and will be offloading intel 7th gen and older computers.

Looks at lap

Logitech K400 still kicking it! (No clue if there is a better one, but it’s going to be hard to beat the classic)

Your old laptop & a generic bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo unit.

That is my setup. :)

Agreed, ditch the idea of trying to run an OS on the TV itself. It’s not worth it.

The TV is best used as a TV and nothing more. Plug a small computer into the back of it using one of the many video/audio ports which exist for just such a purpose.

Yeah, the BSODs got less and less helpful for debugging over time. Which is extremely frustrating when you are trying to fix it.

I think they were attempting to not scare consumers. But nothing scares me more than an unstable PC and no obvious way to fix it. Particularly if this is a family PC, means best I can tell them is “well, I improved things, but since I don’t know what caused the problem, I can’t confidently tell you I fixed it. Call me if it breaks again and we can, shudder get you fixed over the phone.”

Out of curiosity, which video card do you have?

I believe you simply downloaded the file to ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp, you did not install it. You need to either add that location to your path or you need to cd to that folder in terminal, then run the command. It will check things in the current folder when trying to run executables.

Some ISPs will also let you switch to your own modem if you call them and set it up with them. Have done that for years with my ISP as they otherwise charge a rental fee for the modem that pays for a completely brand new modem after only 6 months.