Dear T,
Thank you. this made total sense.
What I want is an older kernel, older nivida driver, but latest evolution, &c, and, up until now, nothing has gone wrong with the auto updates.
I think if I install LTS, and do not deploy HWE, all will be well, except I am concerned that the latest programmes sometimes drag in a kernel update.
So what I really want is today's prgrammes with a two year old kernel.
By the way, it is interesting how many of the nvidia drivers have been dropped from teh repository.
Is there a way to install a 5.19 kernel, and 515 nvidia driver easily in 23.04 without losing anything I really need like the latest skype, evolution, zoom, &c?
Your post was truly helpful.
Best,
M