16.01.2019 16:22, Martin Wilck пишет:
On Wed, 2019-01-16 at 14:00 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 16/01/2019 13.45, Liam Proven wrote:
If you are running leading-edge hardware, and for it you need a leading-edge kernel etc., then openSUSE already has an answer: it is Tumbleweed.
I can't agree with that, sorry. The main distribution should work on any hardware that I can buy currently at the shop, and not force me to use "experimental" distribution.
For instance, the other day I was trying to help someone on Usenet with a network that would not work on Leap but did on Ubuntu, out of the box.
That's unfortunate, sure. Which Ubuntu did you test? To be fair against Leap, it should have been 18.04.x, not 18.10.
18.04.2 will be using the same kernel as 18.10, probably the same graphical stack (assuming there is anything new, I did not follow closely) *and* it should also provide updated installation media with new kernel. This kernel is already available in normal Ubuntu update repositories. Ubuntu LTE releases (which are probably the closest equivalent to Leap) have half-yearly HWE updates which are fully integrated (i.e. you have all reasons to expect that all external drivers will actually build with new kernel). These kernel versions usually are the same as next non-LTE release, so do not really increase support efforts significantly (new kernels are tested as part of next release anyway).
As you know, Leap 15.1 is already in preparation and will come with lots of important backports. The big benefit you have from using Leap is that you get the stabilization work that SUSE is doing for SLES. The> focus is more on stability than on being on the cutting edge, if you want to put it that way. That's how Leap is currently set up. That said, there are repos from which you could pull a more recent kernel for Leap if you're having issues with recent hardware, and that's what I'd recommend.
Are all third-party KMPs also available for these repos? Are installation media with these kernels available? What use are those repos for users who cannot even install distribution due to lack of hardware support? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org