The Linux 3.7 Kernel Is Going To Be A Beast

[bobwya]

I never have issues with Arch. I really wonder what people do to their installations...

And new kernels are a must-have for those of us with new computers. When I made the jump from 3.1 to 3.4 in opensuse (before I used arch), it was a night a day difference.

Yeh, I guess I like to kick the tyres around I do enjoy pulling it back from the brink to full working order though... I do find the way systemd just locks at boot, with the slightest configuration error, somewhat annoying though...

Personally I was set with the Ubuntu 10.04 kernel - since it was the first kernel (2.6.32 or something) that fully supported SATA port-multipliers for my Server. I would give up newer kernels for more development money thrown at Wine - in a heart beat... But then I then to sit on older hardware (a core i7 920 Nehalem-based system is my newest kit just now).

Bob

[renkin]

Why don't people set up separate /home partitions?

I've always done this, and from what I experience this whole "rolling distribution" vs "non-rolling distribution" is a nonsensical argument.

Format the / partition, and when the "new" operating system comes up after installation it inherits all of the prior settings that still reside in /home. It takes minutes to select the various apps I use, and the let the computer do all the work installing. Done. Now I'm on the "new" operating system, and it's a clean install which is good to do every now and then anyways.

What am I missing?

Some things you're missing is that:
1. Not all settings are stored in /home.. think /etc
2. Having to install a new OS every few months is not the same as continuously updating packages.

[storma]

Weigh yourself, foot controlled pointer (accessibility), pressure sensitive switch for alarm system to differentiate between pets and humans, advanced feature rich whoopy cushion, etc.

[Mr_Alien_Overlord]

Wii Fit board support! Woot!

(...now what the frak am I actually going to do with it...?)

[tancrackers]

Probably better to be non-rolling than my Arch install that bricks itself every month - till I fix it manually!!

New kernels meh...

Bob

I never have issues with Arch. I really wonder what people do to their installations...

And new kernels are a must-have for those of us with new computers. When I made the jump from 3.1 to 3.4 in opensuse (before I used arch), it was a night a day difference.

[bobwya]

I love the clever comments of people using non-rolling distributions bitching about their distributions not being rolling...

Probably better to be non-rolling than my Arch install that bricks itself every month - till I fix it manually!!

New kernels meh...

Bob

[halfmanhalfamazing]

I love the clever comments of people using non-rolling distributions bitching about their distributions not being rolling...

Why don't people set up separate /home partitions?

I've always done this, and from what I experience this whole "rolling distribution" vs "non-rolling distribution" is a nonsensical argument.

Format the / partition, and when the "new" operating system comes up after installation it inherits all of the prior settings that still reside in /home. It takes minutes to select the various apps I use, and the let the computer do all the work installing. Done. Now I'm on the "new" operating system, and it's a clean install which is good to do every now and then anyways.

What am I missing?

[Pickup]

Will this be the good one?

How many times I read this one? "the next kernel will boost your GPU" and, kernel after kernel, the performance is more or less the same, and the new incredible features will be "merged in the next version". Always the next. For years.
Why are you so sure the 3.7 will do the difference?

[ulenrich]

smap - a cloud feature?

smap - is it a cloud feature?

Enabling cloud service providers to be undeniable ethical to customers?

All left-over interventional kernel functions into user-virtual space are unmutable logged by journald?

[freedam]

I love the clever comments of people using non-rolling distributions bitching about their distributions not being rolling...