So what kernel are all the other distros booting
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| hughesjr Oct 22, 2013 9:33 PM EDT |
This is a silly argument by Linus. Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, etc also create boot images that are not the latest kernel. If the issue is that they are broken, that is something to address. But not many distros rebuild the installer every kernel release. |
| the_doctor Oct 22, 2013 10:41 PM EDT |
I use Linux Mint 13 LTS running on Linux Kernel 3.2.0-55-generic. And that just updated this morning. Works fine for me. |
| caitlyn Oct 22, 2013 10:46 PM EDT |
He didn't ask for every kernel release. He asked for once a month. Most distros don't do that, either. |
| rahulsundaram Oct 23, 2013 2:28 AM EDT |
Fedora does have unofficial updated images available at https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins/. They are not linked from the download page because they haven't gone through any kind of testing but Linus says he is fine with that. So this should solve his problem. |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 23, 2013 9:13 AM EDT |
If this is a bad thing, then Debian Stable would be terrible. But it's not, so the blanket statement is wrong. Is it ok to disagree with Linus? Will I be excommunicated? |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 23, 2013 9:21 AM EDT |
A note on compiling kernels... I installed Debian on a friends machine that is likely 6 years old. An HP "media" machine with lots of geegaws that never got used. Anyway, the 3.2 kernel that is in Stable was crashing. So I compiled up 3.10.x, the "long term support" version, and that had problems too. On a lark, I packaged 3.11.4 (or whatever it was at the time) and that has been rock solid. Very strange. |
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