Work with node.js on Linux (mint)?

Question

Node.js

Good evening.
About 3 months ago I installed Linux Mint as the second axis.
At the same time, I started learning node.js and discovered that many npm packages on linux are installed with an older version than on windows.
As a result, he went back to Windows.
And just now I thought, maybe I don’t know something, and I did something wrong. Nevertheless, linux, after all, should be useful for developers.
I look forward to learning the truth.

Answer 1

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -gn
sudo n stable

Answer 2

Maybe it's worth putting the node itself fresher?