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minus-squarewreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down6·2 months ago EoL released 10 weeks ago Linux kernel any%
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up44·edit-22 months agoAs there are LTS branches, currently 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1 and 6.6 which will get updates until Decembre 2025/2026, I don’t see the problem.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 month agoAnd the older they are the less secure they are. LTS are not as great as people think. https://ciq.com/blog/why-a-frozen-linux-kernel-isnt-the-safest-choice-for-security/
minus-squarejonasw@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThe article is about frozen vendor kernels, not about.LTS
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoTwo different things. LTS kernels get security patches until their support is dropped.
minus-squarejonasw@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoYeah that’s the whole point of LTS, so it stays compatible with that kernel version but still gets important updates, but no feature updates
Linux kernel any%
As there are LTS branches, currently 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1 and 6.6 which will get updates until Decembre 2025/2026, I don’t see the problem.
And the older they are the less secure they are. LTS are not as great as people think. https://ciq.com/blog/why-a-frozen-linux-kernel-isnt-the-safest-choice-for-security/
The article is about frozen vendor kernels, not about.LTS
Two different things. LTS kernels get security patches until their support is dropped.
Yeah that’s the whole point of LTS, so it stays compatible with that kernel version but still gets important updates, but no feature updates