Mint is prepared to offer a long release ugrade as a Christmas present.

[buster]

I'm on a Mint long release that will receive updates for a couple more years, and my hardware doesn't need anything new, so I'm in no rush.

But somewhere around Feb/Mar I'll expect instructions to upgrade so I don't have to do much with what I've already got. I'll just, I hope, type a few instructions and watch it move up a notch.

Have kept the same system going a long time over two computers with a clone jump once. (Maybe twice. Hard to remember as the years flow by.)

This message is for people who want a good Linux system that just keeps chugging along year after year, and unlike a wife, doesn't require much upkeep.