Linux Kernel 6.8 Reaches End of Life, Users Should Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.9petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml – 154 points – 4 months ago9to5linux.com25Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentAnd 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.LTSTwo 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
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.LTSTwo 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
The article is about frozen vendor kernels, not about.LTSTwo 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
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
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
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