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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by Jhsto on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:35PM (#37592280)
GPU applications are often less buggy on LTS (kernel, but also package sets)
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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by josephcsible on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @11:39PM (#37592954)
Isn't the reason for kernel-related bugginess in GPU applications usually the out-of-tree proprietary GPU driver kernel module?
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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by baq on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:46AM (#37593998)
GPU drivers are routinely the biggest chunk of the kernel (both source and runtime) and have the most surface area to have bugs in them regardless of their openness.
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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by sambazi on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:11AM (#37594174)
came to say the same.

i absolutely despise breakage and random changes in my desktop environment

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