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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by e12e on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @07:38AM (#33329169)
Two of these seem unclear if update or just reboot triggered an error? The last one (middle one, machine boots but is unstable) - is also unclear - as far as I can tell the user doesn't report if the system still runs OK with old kernel? (and all of these appear to affect other distros than stable Debian or lts Ubuntu - I've certainly seen a few issues when running Debian testing or sid. Updates without the "stable" part aren't always stable!).
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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by trap_goes_hot on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:29AM (#33331921)
Okay fair enough, my general point was that its not exactly rare (as many have implied) for Linux users to have problems with updates. A cursory internet search links to forums filled with people having issues.
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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by e12e on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:43PM (#33338242)
Oh, I've had issues with Manjaro Linux for example (I inherited a laptop at work that I didn't immediately reinstall) - but Arch/Manjaro are rolling, bleeding edge distros - it's like using beta channels of windows or being an early adopter of macos releases.

My point was specifically about Debian stable and Ubuntu LTS.

Ed: And of course errors found and bugs filed in Debian sid(unstable) or testing - or Ubuntu non-lts contribute to those bugs not affecting those that run stable releases.

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