This is why I specified “nearly” the worst. It can absolutely get the job done and has basically every tool you’d need to do the job, but it’s pretty much the worst amongst the “this will do everything you need” options.

My thought process was abacus < pen & paper < text file < spreadsheet < database solutions

It was only a matter of time until the kings of human misery came out with one.

You could run empires on the back of a spreadsheet.

You absolutely shouldn’t, it’s nearly the worst option you have available, but you could.

This is a slightly more complex/involved answer, but you could try updating the kernel manually.

I couldn’t find a good video or forum tutorial, but you can download the kernel as a tarball from here and put it on a USB (or even use your phone as a USB). From there, I’m not entirely sure what you’d need to do, but it may be as simple as opening Update Manager and selecting the kernel from the external drive (I unfortunately don’t have access to my Mint laptop to test for you right now).