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> 1. Fedora is not a rolling release, so you don't get every single kernel point release like you do in Arch. Wrong. The kernel and mesa stack rolls and is reb
by Conan_Kudo 5y ago
> 1. Fedora is not a rolling release, so you don't get every single kernel point release like you do in Arch.
Wrong. The kernel and mesa stack rolls and is rebased regularly throughout the life of a Fedora release. Fedora is prepping for a rebase to Linux 5.13 for both Fedora 33 and Fedora 34 now: https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-to-fedora-linux-kernel-5-13-test-week/ https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-to-fedora-linux-kernel...
- awill 5y agoBingo, the kernel updates through the life of the fedora release. Then it stops. The life of a console is 8+ years. This needs to be supported for that long. Valve don't want to do multiple dist-upgrades over that time. They just want roll
- Conan_Kudo 5y agoI suspect they're not going to do that with SteamOS. They'll likely freeze the tree and do effectively the dist-upgrade style process themselves.