That is news to the millions of linux users who upgrade their kernels regularly, and suffer zero consequences. It's cowardice and FUD, in my view, to clutch to

That is news to the millions of linux users who upgrade their kernels regularly, and suffer zero consequences. It's cowardice and FUD, in my view, to clutch to such old versions. It's just bad practice and bad engineering, and a crock of scary tales to make other people (& the people doing this) think their bad engineering & absurd self-injuring time-wasting practices are good, actually. A lot of devices need to change their expectations around what qualification means, for a lot of systems & devices where requalification is such a pain that a kernel upgrade is a daunting task.