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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version
From: Dale <rdalek1967 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2022-11-14 20:59:20
Message-ID: 5f196e3a-9457-4cf5-8e30-431259d41b61 () gmail ! com
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Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 12/11/2022 23:37, Dale wrote:
>> Usually, I try to update about once a year. I don't change hardware
>> much.
>
> The main reason I suggested LTS is because that, *when* you decide to
> do a @world update, you will get the latest LTS of the same main
> version you're already using. For example you'll go from 5.15.20 to
> 5.15.78. And that means you won't have to bother with an array of
> endless "make oldconfig" questions. There'll be like one or two at
> most, which is trivial to deal with.
>
> I've been using LTS kernels for years now, and I never looked back.
> "make oldconfig" usually doesn't say anything, making it a
> ridiculously fast and no-brainer update, and yet I get the latest
> bugfixes and security fixes.
>
> It just works :-)
>
>
>
Thing is, I may go a year, sometimes more, without updating the kernel.
If I rebooted often, I could see using a LTS kernel. If a kernel can
run for months with no problems, it's stable enough for me. Plus my
hardware works.
I have even built a kernel but never actually booted it. By the time I
get around to rebooting, I've had to build another kernel. I generally
always work from a known stable config tho. The only reason I wouldn't
is if I build a new system and have to start from scratch. I've also
had times when I had to update because my video drivers wouldn't build
with a older kernel version that I'm running. That doesn't happen to
often but I recall running into that at least once.
Either way, biggest question was if there was some known breakage
between my old version and a newer version. Maybe the one I tried just
had some weird problem that only affected me or I just missed something
during the oldconfig. I wish I could recall the error. Who knows on
that.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
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