Meanwhile on fedora over ~5yr or so I update at least once a week (or daily when I have home internet, but currently I do not so I bring my laptop to friends’ places and update on theirs every so often) and I’ve had updates break stuff only two or three times, and only once was it that serious. Like once it broke vlc and I just had to use mpv for a day or two until it updated to match and whatever issue was fixed, nbd.

If something breaks every time you update it’s either your hardware and you’ll just always have that until you switch it up (which sucks, so hopefully not) or try a new distro if you’re having that many problems with Mint. “Every time” isn’t a “normal” user experience, it should be an uncommon annoyance, maybe common back in the day, but not anymore.