On 04/08/18 11:43 PM, don fisher wrote:
How dangerous is it to download on of the kernels from the Opensuse search site. Kernel.org says the latest stable release is 4.17.12. Under search/42.3/community packages, there are a few offerings shown at this revision level. How bad is it to install one of these kernels?
I've been using the kernel-stable repository for a couple of years now and update at last a couple of times a month. There is always the log of changes that you can check. many changes are to drivers that I don't use, but the hassle of checking to see and only downloading ONLY the ones that "affect me" is too much. Simpler to just accept them. Many of the changes are tunings and minor patches to scheduling to networking parameters and scheduling. If you use bleeding edge hardware then bleeding edge kernels may address your problems. I don't, but the only thing that bothers me is that some of the stuff stacked in my basement needing minor repairs (things like new PSU, new CPU) are 32-bit machines. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org