> On Thursday 13 June 2019 03:04:44 am Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2019 Thu, 13 Jun 03:56:13 -0400 > > > > BorgLabs - Kate Draven scripsit: > > > HI > > > > > > I would like everyone's opinion on this. > > > > > > I'm trying figure out the benefits of either staying with the LTS kernel > > > or with the lastest kernel. The machines are every day use and stability > > > is important. > > > > > > Am I tossing away any benefits, of the latest kernel, if I use the > > > 4.8x/9x kernel. Or do the benefits of the 5.1x kernel out weigh any > > > instability? > > > > > > I'd like all schools of thought. > > > > Just my 2=A2: If you are not running into any issue with the old/stable > > kernel, why change? Is somthing in 5.XX, that you miss now? You might get > > bitten by something like the thinkpad_acpi-spaming-dmesg-issue as happened > > to me. Is the 5.XX packaged with your distribution? If not, then I would > > not do it (well, I maybe would on my testmachine, but not on something > > that's not in my instant reach). > > > > Nik > > I agree with Nik, unless there is some burning reason I need the latest and= > =20 > greatest (5.x), then for anything resembling 'production' use, I stick with= > a=20 > proven LTS. I consider whatever I run my email on as 'production' use, as = > it=20 > has all my business correspondence on it... > > On the other hand, if you can legitimately lose everything and have the tim= > e=20 > to restore backups, then it is fun to be running the latest and greatest... > > Best Kate, > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you Michael, The logic is sound. Again something I've leaned toward but I wanted to make sure I wasn't making a mistake. Again, the beauty of the community, Kate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
