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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by josephcsible on Thursday September 21, 2023 @12:44AM (#37593306)
> do you really want to risk it?

That question applies to LTS kernels too. Do you really want to risk that a backport of an important fix won't introduce a problem that mainline didn't have? Do you really want to risk that there are no security vulnerabilities in old kernels that won't get noticed by maintainers since they were incidentally fixed by some non-security-related change in mainline?

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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 @03:08AM (#37594148)
so you want to trade in tailored and curated fixes in lts for acccidental and experimental fixes in bleeding-edge.

go ahead

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Re:Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too mu... by josephcsible on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:06AM (#37598740)
My work uses "tailored and curated fixes in lts" and at home I use "acccidental and experimental fixes in bleeding-edge". I've had way more stuff break because of the former than because of the latter, and not just with the kernel.
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