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[russel@k55a ~]$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.8.7-200.fc24.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 6.2.1 20160916 (Red Hat 6.2.1-2) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Nov 11 15:44:18 UTC 2016
[russel@k55a ~]$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.8.8-200.fc24.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 6.2.1 20160916 (Red Hat 6.2.1-2) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 15 19:41:51 UTC 2016
[edit 11/30/16]
Fedora 25 is out now...but still running 24.
[russel@k55a ~]$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.8.10-200.fc24.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 6.2.1 20160916 (Red Hat 6.2.1-2) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Nov 21 17:55:46 UTC 2016
Last edited by RU55EL on 2016-11-30 17:20, edited 2 times in total.
millpond wrote:[...]
I would really like to know what * advantages* a newer kernel could provide on an older system.
As the system aint broke, really trying to understand reasons to fix it....
I agree. I run Debian stable on my computers, with the exception of one with Windows 10 (for when I have to use Windows), and this notebook computer with which I am checking out Fedora. Fedora seems to keep the kernel much more current when compared to Debian stable. But, I don't see the advantage. At least not with this computer (Asus K55A). It runs Debian just fine, it runs Fedora just fine. It is fun to try other operating systems occasionally.
Linux stevesmachine 4.8.0-8.2-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT liquorix 4.8-11~bpo8 (2016-11-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Just got this hot off the OBS repo build, no problems so far. I think they're still trying to improve power management for SkyLake machines, which is why I'm trying newer kernels.
Im very very happy with Ubuntu's kernel 4.8.8 and btrfs filesystem, I've been testing it for 3 weeks or so and my computer works better than ever, so i think i will not update kernel in long time.
bester69 wrote:STOP 2030 globalists demons, keep the fight for humanity freedom against NWO...
The installation gave me 4.8.0-1, but it reported problems with Radeon and iwlwifi. These didn't seem to matter: no performance hit, but errors and warnings make me nervous.
Yet another 4.8.x update, currently at 4.8.9, seems to be working fine. I did notice multiple simultaneous SSD/HDD I/O operations are greatly improved over older kernel branches, now simultaneous operations requests are more or less performed equally, not so much with older kernel branches. This is a very welcomed improvement.
Jimmyfd wrote:Not much beside better wi-fi which is some what unstable right now, at least I hope wi-fi become more stable.
I doubt it. Wifi stability is a function of a lot of variables including hardware in your machine and in router/modems.
there are several threads on that in this forum that might be worth your time to explore.
millpond wrote:I use 3.16 on both 32 bit single core, and 64b C2Q systems. With an ancient 4350 ATI Radeon card.
I would really like to know what * advantages* a newer kernel could provide on an older system.
As the system aint broke, really trying to understand reasons to fix it....
I have an older radeon board, r430, and restarting Xserver through KDM would sometimes hang, and sometimes X would not start on a cold boot, with No Screen Found, No Device Found etc. (workaround - # service restart kdm). It seems much more stable using only backported kernel 4.6
On this little Dell, the intel driver had some similar issues, so the xserver-xorg-video-intel-2016520-bpo with the 4.6 kernel has been a good fix.
I started using backports back on squeeze, it can let you maintain an older system without upgrading so often IMO. I still have a wheezy machine running the 3.16 backport that must be three years now?
I think last LTS could be a good choice,
I was using before 4.8.8 and then 4.8.12, Now im using 4.4.34, i checked that it works better than 4.8 brach in my old pc,
My conclusion..> Dont upgrade kernel if your's version performance very well, from vesion to version i find differents behaviors as for performance, and i would say than even for stability you can find differences. So, i decided to stay in that version for long.
bester69 wrote:STOP 2030 globalists demons, keep the fight for humanity freedom against NWO...