Anton Aylward wrote:
regular readers will recall that I've mentioned before:
I'm on 13.1 and few leading repositories, one of which is Kernel_Stable.
I've just upgraded to 4.5 and yes it is an improvement in many ways. The whole 4.x series has been pretty goo, each step along the way being in improvements, particularly with locking and blocking in the kernel, that result in better responsiveness.
Discussion of same at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-45-features&num=1 "The Many New Features & Improvements Of The Linux 4.5 Kernel"
I'm looking forward to 4.6 :-)
Given the stability of 13.1 (and its tumbling) and the continual teething troubles reported here with LEAP, I'm staying with this configuration for the foreseeable future.
I'd advise anyone who has the spare resources or inclination to try the 4.x series kernels. At the very least, they have updates to BtrFS that offer stability an improvement over the 3.x series. I am happy with the Kernel:stable repository on x86_64 since many years and especially with Kernel 4.5 too.
32Bit users currently should not use the Kernel:stable repository. The kernels are broken and will not boot on 32Bit openSUSE installations as reported here: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971385 A bugfix is currently prepared here: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970239 Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org