> On 06/13/2019 02:56 AM, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > > HI > >=20 > > I would like everyone's opinion on this. > >=20 > > I'm trying figure out the benefits of either staying with the LTS kerne= > l or=20 > > with the lastest kernel. The machines are every day use and stability i= > s=20 > > important.=20 > >=20 > > Am I tossing away any benefits, of the latest kernel, if I use the 4.8x= > /9x=20 > > kernel. Or do the benefits of the 5.1x kernel out weigh any instability= > ?=20 > >=20 > > I'd like all schools of thought. > >=20 > > Thanks in advance, > >=20 > > Kate > > Kate, > > Unless you have super-new bleeding-edge hardware that needs a new featu= > re > added in 5.1 that is not available in previous versions -- then 5.1 provi= > des > absolutely no benefit. Any tweak that 5.1 provided to help with Spectre > performance mitigation, etc.. will likely be backported and in a LTS kern= > el. > > I have Arch (that always runs the current upstream version of the kerne= > l, > 5.1.9 currently), and Arch also provides an LTS kernel using 4.19. I have= > a > SuSE leap 42.3 install running the 4.4 kernel, SuSE leap 15.0/15.1 instal= > ls > with the 4.12 version, I have a Pi running Debian/jessie with the 4.9 ARM > kernel, and from a general computing/feature/functionality standpoint, it > makes no difference. > > Now if you have bleeding-edge hardware that is only supported in the la= > test > greatest kernel -- then yes, there is a difference, otherwise you won't k= > now > the difference. > > HTH > > --=20 > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks David, This is my thinking as well. I have no real bleeding edge tech, I tend to stay away from it. Just wanted to challenge me decision , in case I was wrong. 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
