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Not sure I'm deep enough into Linux to understand why it matters to run an unmodified mainline kernel version. Everything I've tried to apt install inside the L
by Aachen 3y ago
Not sure I'm deep enough into Linux to understand why it matters to run an unmodified mainline kernel version. Everything I've tried to apt install inside the Linux Deploy Debian userspace either worked or ran into selinux restrictions (more and more in the latter category; RIP wavemon, for example, as a better alternative to rate-limited WiFi scanning apps as of around Android 9)
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> Not sure I'm deep enough into Linux to understand why it matters to run an unmodified mainline kernel version. Updates. The closer you are to mainline, the easier it is to move to newer versions as they come out (and the more quickly, which especially helps with security patches).
- Aachen 3y agoAh, yeah okay but installing kernel updates not something I'd do myself anyway so that's the manufacturer's problem (and eventually my problem when I get pwned, sure). I thought you meant that it had some impact on the ability to run standard Linux software