Ok, so in the Linux world, there's 3 major types of distro rollout types. First is a static release. It means its one and done without major updates. Slackware falls in this category. Gentoo can, also. Great for computers you want to NEVER change once installed and set up. Next you have point release distros. Linux Mint, what your using, is an example of such. They have releases on a fixed schedule, usually 6 months, but others like Debian can go years between releases. IN THEORY, they're very stable as well and give good reliability. In practice, especially with any distro that is based on Ubuntu, this may or may not be the case. I've found it's not a great distro solution compared to the next type of release system. Too many things change between releases and updates are a coin flip about whether you need a reinstall or not. Rolling releases are distros that update every part of the system as new updates are dropped. Examples are Arch, Manjaro, Debian using it's testing branch. Now, in theory, this is the least stable system because your living on the edge in terms of new features and updates being dropped and updated regularly. In the case of Arch, this IS a real threat. However: In the case of other distros like Manjaro or Debian Testing, the threat is minimal, because the devs have a vetting process before they drop software updates. This is not to say that bugs can't get through. Last year there was a Firefox snafu for manjaro that fucked up everyone's Firefox install for 3 days. But that is a very rare occurrence. But on the other hand, if your using brand new hardware, like the newest Ryzens, or a brand new 40xx Nvidia, a rolling release is a godsend because a point release distro may take (literally) years to catch up and use your hardware correctly. I actually left Mint at the time when the Nvidia 1060 was the current card, because the older Kernel and Drivers offered with it made my system crash nonstop, where I did not have that issue using a newer Arch based distro. I've used a TON of distros. I spent many years distro hopping. FOR ME, Manjaro is the perfect fit. I DO game which is part of the reason I want the latest updates on my system. If I HAD to use a point release distro, it would be Linux Mint for sure. But the issue with point releases is that when you DO a major OS update, in my experience, shit breaks or at least starts acting really funky. Just not worth it, for me.