Re: Lots of kernels

On 5/28/26 7:27 AM, Ben Knoble wrote:
>> Le 28 mai 2026 à 04:31, Arve Barsnes <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>> On Thu, 28 May 2026, at 10:01, Dale wrote:
>>> That happens quite often.  I pick a kernel to upgrade to and the next
>>> time I sync, it is gone.  I just keep the source around until I roll
>>> through newer kernels and it gets cleaned out of /boot, then I unmerge it.
>>>
>>> I'm just curious as to when all the fixes get taken care of.
>> No updates for 3 days now (latest stable is 6.18.33-r1), the worst rush might be over.
>>
>> If you don't want to stick with the stable series, I'd recommend upgrading more often, and not be stuck on some random in-between kernel that might be missing important fixes for something-or-other.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arve
> See also www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/ as well as a more recent post explaining the versioning scheme.
>
> In essence, Greg K-H argues for latest stable (and development and distro) kernels to run the « fastest and most secure releases » that we know how to create.
>
> He said much the same in a talk somewhere, I think.


I think that is what I've been doing but all the different names just 
confuse everything.  I think what I'm doing is likely as good as it gets 
given all the different ways to pick one.

I think I read that before.  The confusion in all the names is I think 
why I just pick the last one in a series, or the last one period, and go 
with it.  I figure just picking a recent one is going to give you about 
the best you're going to get.  LOL

Dale

:-)  :-)