By default, the Update Manager shows a notification if a particular update has been available for more than 7 logged-in days or if it's older than 15 calendar days.The conditions for the notification to be shown in the first place are configurable. When updates are applied it goes away for a long time. When a notification is dismissed it is snoozed for 2 days. For the notification to be welcomed and welcomed again it needs to happen for a reason, to be easy to dismiss if your are busy, to not come back constantly and to not come back at all for a long while after you apply the updates.The way this is handled in other operating systems such as Windows or Mac for instance was an example Linux Mint did not want to follow. This new notification feature was designed to add comfort to the user experience, not remove any, so making sure it was a nice addition and not an annoying distraction was key.In Linux Mint 20.2 the Update Manager is now able to remember how long each update has been available for, how many days the computer was ON during that time and assess whether or not a notification would be welcome to remind you of available updates. In the past, available updates were simply indicated by a little orange dot on the Update Manager's icon in the system tray and could go unnoticed for long periods of time.
This is barely visible (Cinnamon restarts itself seamlessly, you just see the mouse cursor get reset on the screen when this happens) and a notification pops up to show you what was upgraded.
In automatic mode spices are upgraded shortly after you log in and the desktop environment then gets refreshed. You can see the same kind of information for them, and enjoy the same features as you did already, such as the ability to blacklist a particular spice or a version of a spice. Although they're technically different than APT updates, they are presented to you in a very similar manner.updates for applets, desklets, themes and extensions). The Update Manager now supports Cinnamon spice updates (i.e.It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable. Linux Mint 20.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2025.
In this case you cannot upgrade and you need to stick with Linux Mint 19.3.
Started in 2006, Linux Mint is now the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu.