On 02/12/2016 05:16 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:
Well, I think that during the Leap development it became clear that people want a fresher kernel for better hardware support, so (apparently) the decision was done to use a newer kernel for Leap.
Well there is that, but late model kernels offer many other features and improvements as well, faster networking, fewer spin-locks, better algorithms in many places. Yes, the 4.1 series kernels are good. The 4.4 series are better. Saying its better to use the newer kernel makes me wonder. If people are serious about that they'd be watching kernel development as well as development of the application packages that matter to them. I'm not talking about being on the bleeding edge here, I'm not talking about subscribing to the 'Unstable" repositories. take a step back from the edge and use the stable ones that are still up to date and tested. For the most part, Suse is more more conservative than Redhat, and personally I consider Ubuntu a bit off beat, although their user-base-of-geeks seems always to come up with interning Q&A postings. good to google for! But Linux is a community and one of diverse interests and a lot of communication is going on. Don't consider it a firehose! Be specific. Use your google-fu. One specific is what's going on with the kernel. There are a few groups for that, but its also possible to trust "Kernel Stable" as having a progressive but not critical stance. Now at 4.4.1-4. What lists? Well Phoronix is a good source, good for the weekly visit, and they do many comparison tests of, for example, the file systems and device drivers. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php/www....../vr.php?page=news_topic&q=Linux%20Kernel More generically http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php/www....../vr.php?page=news_topic&q=Phoronix Or if you only want Suse http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php/www....../vr.php?page=news_topic&q=SUSE There are also sections for AMD. NVida and others. Regular readers may have noticed that I've said I use the "Kernel_Stable" repository, http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/ If you are seriously interested in staying up to date but not at the bleeding edge (which is the 4.5 series) you may care to look into that. It doesn't matter if you are in 13.1, 13.2 or Leap. -- 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