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1. We're almost certainly going to keep the aggressive kernel updates. It's very expensive to maintain a long-term kernel fork with bugfixes, and users benefit
by mattdm 10y ago
1. We're almost certainly going to keep the aggressive kernel updates. It's very expensive to maintain a long-term kernel fork with bugfixes, and users benefit from the constantly-rolling hardware enablement. That said, we are working on making automated testing of these updates better, so we can block ones with serious regressions. I think the experience you are describing is likely due to proprietary drivers not matching the new kernel; we have some work in flight to keep the old kernel the default if you have proprietary drivers installed and they aren't updated to match. (Except in the event of a critical security bug.)
2. Have you looked at the font changes in F24? What do you think?
3. I know the GNOME team is working on battery life. I haven't experienced random freezing, but for subjective responsiveness, I recommend the Impatience extension which shortens animation time https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/277/impatience/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/277/impatience/ (I've jokingly suggested we install this by default with a timer which shortens the animations the longer you have it installed.)
4. Thanks; I'll definitely consider that.
- sigmaml 10y ago> we have some work in flight to keep the old kernel the default if you have proprietary drivers installed and they aren't updated to match That is reasonable, and should reduce the number of such problems. > Have you looked at the font changes in F24? What do you think? Certainly better than earlier versions! > I recommend the Impatience extension I shall try that; thanks for the pointer. Thanks, again, for the active conversation!