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There are countless examples of people having problems post-update. Its understandable that you personally haven't gone out of your way to look, but its easy wi

There are countless examples of people having problems post-update. Its understandable that you personally haven't gone out of your way to look, but its easy with a quick internet search. (BTW I don't mean to attack you personally, I just wanted to present examples.) https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/y9fly1/laptop_seemingly_bricked_after_linux_kernel/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/y9fly1/lapt... https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/r9w1he/os_bricked_after_kernel_update_the_official_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/r9w1he/os_bricked_a... https://www.reddit.com/r/ManjaroLinux/comments/sdf5sg/new_update_bricked_computer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ManjaroLinux/comments/sdf5sg/new_up...

e12e 4y ago
Two of these seem unclear if update or just reboot triggered an error? The last one (middle one, machine boots but is unstable) - is also unclear - as far as I can tell the user doesn't report if the system still runs OK with old kernel? (and all of these appear to affect other distros than stable Debian or lts Ubuntu - I've certainly seen a few issues when running Debian testing or sid. Updates without the "stable" part aren't always stable!).
- trap_goes_hot 4y ago
  Okay fair enough, my general point was that its not exactly rare (as many have implied) for Linux users to have problems with updates. A cursory internet search links to forums filled with people having issues.
  - e12e 4y ago
    Oh, I've had issues with Manjaro Linux for example (I inherited a laptop at work that I didn't immediately reinstall) - but Arch/Manjaro are rolling, bleeding edge distros - it's like using beta channels of windows or being an early adopter of macos releases. My point was specifically about Debian stable and Ubuntu LTS. Ed: And of course errors found and bugs filed in Debian sid(unstable) or testing - or Ubuntu non-lts contribute to those bugs not affecting those that run stable releases.

e12e 4y ago

Two of these seem unclear if update or just reboot triggered an error? The last one (middle one, machine boots but is unstable) - is also unclear - as far as I can tell the user doesn't report if the system still runs OK with old kernel? (and all of these appear to affect other distros than stable Debian or lts Ubuntu - I've certainly seen a few issues when running Debian testing or sid. Updates without the "stable" part aren't always stable!).

trap_goes_hot 4y ago
Okay fair enough, my general point was that its not exactly rare (as many have implied) for Linux users to have problems with updates. A cursory internet search links to forums filled with people having issues.
- e12e 4y ago
  Oh, I've had issues with Manjaro Linux for example (I inherited a laptop at work that I didn't immediately reinstall) - but Arch/Manjaro are rolling, bleeding edge distros - it's like using beta channels of windows or being an early adopter of macos releases. My point was specifically about Debian stable and Ubuntu LTS. Ed: And of course errors found and bugs filed in Debian sid(unstable) or testing - or Ubuntu non-lts contribute to those bugs not affecting those that run stable releases.