Is this basically Ubuntu?

They do intentionally hold back packages based on a random value to do gradual rollouts. See below:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431940/what-are-phased-updates-and-why-does-ubuntu-use-them

Could this be your issue?

I always access from a smaller instance. I didn’t even notice I was looking at older content.

I have a monitor that’s almost like this and it’s surprisingly nice. It feels like a two-monitor setup. Two actual monitors would probably have been cheaper, but I got mine from work, so it wasn’t a factor.

The real advantage of having two actual monitors is being able to flip one vertically for reading code.

EDIT: a word

LabVIEW is largely visual and used to build production grade applications in engineering.

I seem to be fortunate that both my last cable modem and my router have built-in options to turn off all LEDs, even the power LED, for aesthetics.