alt Hacker NewsWhy would there be a need to upgrade the kernel? Security updates are often backported, so it can still be 5.10 but patched...
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yjftsjthsd-h • yesterday at 7:11 PM
So long as they keep up with patches that can be fine, but newer kernels also have useful feature improvements. If nothing else, performance tends to improve over time.
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It could be, but are vendors actually upgrading kernels along with firmware updates? In my experience it's more like, ship 5+ year old kernel and then forget it forever.