Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
I disagree.
The author clams that regressions are a reason to use the backported kernel and this is quite ridiculous because the newer kernel version is far more likely to have regressions than the stable version and if there is a problem Debian will patch the stable kernel, switching to backports just means stuff will stay broken.
The backported kernel also suffers in respect of security updates and so should _never_ be preferred over the stable kernel unless there is a specific need for hardware support.
See also
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian ... f_Syndrome
thanks! this makes perfect sense to me.
I located this page:
How To Upgrade Kernel -- which appears to be an "Official Debian" resource
I'm on the Office machine this morning munching donuts & coffee but a bit later I'll fire up the Research box. The first thing to do is an apt-get update; then i'll try the apt-cache search linux-image. I expect this is a package -- so it gets the headers as well as the kernel binary.
the nice thing about having a Research Box is -- if it wipes out, oh well. Actually the "Research Box" -- is just the disc in sda
I particularly like going this way as the result should be a 4.14 kernel that would also receive update notices. But, as I like to note: nothing beats rolling up the old sleeves and digging in. One thing that might be a "gotcha" for me: I'm running the Debian9.3+non-free install; this seems to pickup some driver firmware that I need-- the driver for the WiFi card; also for the AMD APU -- I used AMD APUs, generally as these office type boxes don't really need hot-rod gaming video cards.
The Guest box does have a discrete video card: when I ordered the CPU I didn't know what I was doing and got a straight CPU. so that sat around in its box for a while until I needed to build the Guest machine -- which I then built mostly from spare parts -- which there was a nice graphics card in the parts box that my brother didn't need when he built his box using an APU. But: that Guest machine is fast! There's stupid mistakes in it: the MoBo doesn't have a USB3 header -- so the front USB ports on the box aren't connected. Not a show stopper though we just put one of those little bus things out that reads USB sticks, camera SD chips etc. It works great. Live & Learn!
[from the research box]
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mike@Debian9Research:/etc/apt$ more sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 9.3.0 cinnamon 2017-12-09T13:29]/ stretch main
#deb cdrom:[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 9.3.0 cinnamon 2017-12-09T13:29]/ stretch main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
# stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
mike@Debian9Research:/etc/apt$
hmmmmmmm ... looks like this is directing apt to read from the "stretch" version of Debian. I'm thinking it will be best for me to re-direct a little here: Stick with kernel 4.9 through the upgrade of the Office1 box. Right now I'm planning to upgrade Office1 with a new MoBo and RYZEN chip -- but not until 2019, perhaps, -- the idea is to be sure and get chips that have been corrected for Spectre. I don't really see Spectre as being all that much of a hazzard -- right now -- although: this could change.
General Maintenance of Debian 9.30 systems
I've been thinking on this a bit too. The LMDE system sends package updates (but not always what is needed -- e.g. LibreOffice). Right now I'm thinking og just doing an apt-get update followed by an apt-get upgrade, 1/month, along with regular backups.