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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 12/11/2022 23:37, Dale wrote: |
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>> Usually, I try to update about once a year. I don't change hardware |
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>> much. |
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> The main reason I suggested LTS is because that, *when* you decide to |
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> do a @world update, you will get the latest LTS of the same main |
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> version you're already using. For example you'll go from 5.15.20 to |
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> 5.15.78. And that means you won't have to bother with an array of |
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> endless "make oldconfig" questions. There'll be like one or two at |
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> most, which is trivial to deal with. |
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> I've been using LTS kernels for years now, and I never looked back. |
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> "make oldconfig" usually doesn't say anything, making it a |
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> ridiculously fast and no-brainer update, and yet I get the latest |
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> bugfixes and security fixes. |
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> It just works :-) |
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Thing is, I may go a year, sometimes more, without updating the kernel. |
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If I rebooted often, I could see using a LTS kernel. If a kernel can |
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run for months with no problems, it's stable enough for me. Plus my |
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hardware works. |
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I have even built a kernel but never actually booted it. By the time I |
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get around to rebooting, I've had to build another kernel. I generally |
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always work from a known stable config tho. The only reason I wouldn't |
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is if I build a new system and have to start from scratch. I've also |
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had times when I had to update because my video drivers wouldn't build |
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with a older kernel version that I'm running. That doesn't happen to |
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often but I recall running into that at least once. |
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Either way, biggest question was if there was some known breakage |
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between my old version and a newer version. Maybe the one I tried just |
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had some weird problem that only affected me or I just missed something |
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during the oldconfig. I wish I could recall the error. Who knows on |
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that. |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |