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Debian runs old kernels.
by Thaxll 6y ago
Debian runs old kernels.
- hiq 6y agoThe current kernel on stable backports is 5.9.6: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux%2Dimage%2Damd64 https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux%2Dimage%2D... Backports can be activated by adding one line to your sources. If I trust https://www.kernel.org/ https://www.kernel.org/, the last stable kernel version is 5.9.13, and according to https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges, 5.9 has been released two months ago. There are plenty of reasons to criticize Debian, but that's not one of them.
- zozbot234 6y agoDebian provides up-to-date kernels in the stable-backports repository. You get a choice of what to run. And nowadays even the 'old' stable kernel is a LTS release so there's no support issue.