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Linux kernel 7.0 is coming mid-April—here’s everything you need to know (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a kernel developer, but it does seem weird to remove the legacy function in the same patch as the replacement function is shipped.

That said, isn't it fairly easy to install a modified kernel? Or is that hard on Ubuntu for some reason? I suppose it's to do with official support cycles and patches, so that's only really a viable fix if the distro manages to kernel options, to ensure timelines with security patches and commercial support.

[–] xtools@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

yeah i'm running a lts distro but keep the kernel up to date, it's super simple, there's even gui apps for it