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Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by kro »

imoverclocked wrote: post #5
naturalmovement wrote: post #4

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It’s fairly easy to build your own kernel packages from vanilla sources in Debian. I’m running the latest 7.0.x within a few hours of its release. The build takes about 30-45 minutes depending on how much time I spend on skimming the ChangeLog. YMMV.

I did that for a while because of compatibility issues with a newer laptop, it works but generally if there is no reason it's way easier to stay with the provided packages. Compiling weekly due to security patches becomes annoying over time for no real gain other than the version number

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by irishcoffee »

juujian wrote: post #20
naturalmovement wrote: post #4

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I know it's a bit of a meme but I'm on Debian Stable and I am running the backport kernel, which is on version 6.19. So only one minor version away from the current 7.0. I wish more people would consider Debian for their devices. It is a very stable system, which I appreciate, and, unlike Ubuntu, it was really an "it just works" experience, without any of the friction points that smaller distros have. I installed Deb…

I’ll never understand why people like Ubuntu. It’s a really hard toss up for me if I’d rather be stuck with Ubuntu or windows.

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by megous »

dimiprasakis wrote: post #3
imoverclocked wrote: post #2

Breaking: Linus is on travel. Did I miss something about this or is it just another number?

- "Anyway, possible slight hiccups in the merge window aside, the news today is 7.1." - "nothing particularly interesting or scary stands out, which is as it should be." So, a number.

He's just writing about the changes since last week. Not about 7.1 as a whole. No last minute scary things means 7.1 released as planned.

But 7.1 new features can still be exciting.

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by megous »

globular-toast wrote: post #11

Is there anything particularly interesting about this? The first number of the version changes when the second number gets too big, not for any other reason.

Yeah, my favorite $6 Linux machine is now supported (somewhat). :)

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by Y-bar »

Did anyone see an anime avatar flash by for a fraction of a second before the content loaded? What was that?

Re: Linux 7.1

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Post by pmontra »

irishcoffee wrote: post #22
juujian wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know it's a bit of a meme but I'm on Debian Stable and I am running the backport kernel, which is on version 6.19. So only one minor version away from the current 7.0. I wish more people would consider Debian for their devices. It is a very stable system, which I appreciate, and, unlike Ubuntu, it was really an "it just works" experience, without any of the friction points that smaller distros have. I installed Deb…

I’ll never understand why people like Ubuntu. It’s a really hard toss up for me if I’d rather be stuck with Ubuntu or windows.

Probably because it got popular as the easy Linux distro back in the 2000s and that label is sticking.

I remember that I attempted to install Debian on my laptop in 2009. It was ugly. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 and it was a totally different and much nicer experience. Because of that I've been on Ubuntu until they started pushing snaps very aggressively. I live booted Debian 11 and realized that its UI was exactly the same. I don't know when it happened during that dozen of years but there wasn't anymore a reason to stick to Ubuntu. I installed Debian 11 and got a faster machine with less background processes. I'm on Debian 13 now. I've been told that KDE is much better than what I attempted to use in 2014 so maybe I could give it a try, but it's unclear to me what I have to gain.

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