Don't ever take what is up at kernel.org as what kernels are at face value... especially the stable kernels. Even stable kernels can have lots of bugs in them, and can be dangerous to use.
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Would sticking with the last LTS branch (3.4) hold things back that much?
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What hardware could be affected by running 3.4 ? |
Newest Radeons and GeForce video cards, as well as newer AMD and Intel CPUs, might not work properly with kernel 3.4.55 as it stands.
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Security issues may arise -- 3.2.29 was upgraded to 3.2.45 due to a critical security fix, for example. But entire release cycles of Slackware have passed by without a single kernel upgrade required. Patrick Volkerding has already said in a previous thread that he will backport serious security issues if needed. It was pretty lucky that an uber-LTS kernel like 3.2 happened to be reasonably modern at the time 14.0 came out, as it made the security issue relatively straightforward to resolve, but that can't be relied upon for future releases in my view. |
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I will probably be on 3.6 or later kernel to use some new wireless drivers. I am currently testing 3.10. If it weren't for that, I probably would consider 3.2 / sticking with older slackware installs. These newer kernels make me very nervous from what I've been seeing lately -- the LTS maintainership and userspace stuff among the items. So there is not much for me wanting to see an "advancement" to 3.9/3.10 except for hopefully fixing the troubling items that plague people. I think that is where we are at. I'm on-board as much as it really helps the most people as possible. |
AMD just brought out a beta catalyst driver with support for the 3.10 kernel.
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It installed without incident, and now I'm running on the 3.10.4 kernel with the AMD proprietary driver. All I have to say on the matter is that it took AMD long enough to catch up. I think that the Radeon chips, by themselves, are not bad. It's the state of the drivers, and AMD's lethargic development process which makes owning a Radeon distasteful to most people. Anyway, I am pleased with the results, and plan on staying (now) with 3.10.x. Just my 2 cents. Regards, Matt |
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LTS is not all its cracked up to be as upgrading 3.2 on 14.0 showed us last time when two nasty regressions where introduced.
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I'm still testing 3.8.13 with 14.0 on my newer machines (the older ones stay with 3.2.29). It works fine, is stable and compatible with all this 3rd party stuff I need. I still think, it would make a good default kernel choice for the next release.
As for 3.10: I tend to stay away from kernels with single-digit-patchlevels. I will look into it, once it reaches 3.10.23 or so. :) |
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