Didn't even need dmesg this time!

https://lemmy.world/post/24471922

Didn't even need dmesg this time! - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Debian stable. I don’t understand why people would want an unstable system.

I get wanting the latest applications, and by that I mean end-user tools one uses frequently, e.g. Blender or Steam, but for anything that those rely on, very very rarely does one genuinely need anything “new” urgently. I’d argue pretty much never but I’d be curious to discover counter examples. Just fa couple of days ago lemmy.ml/post/24882836/16154377 arguing about the topic too. Even for drivers for gaming, which are supposedly changing relatively “fast” there is rarely an actual need for it. Quite often it’s a desire to get the latest but the actual impact is not that significant.

Gaming on Linux, How openSUSE Stacks Up for Gamers - Lemmy

Lemmy

I don’t understand why people would want an unstable system

Sometimes people don’t want to wait 2 years to get the improvements, new features or fixes for the packages they use daily.

I tried running mint on a new laptop I bought.

Because the hardware was newer I ran into issue after issue trying to get various drivers and basic things functioning.

Moved to Endeavor, smooth as ice, everything just worked.

So at least from my experience hardware age seems to matter too.

You can update to the latest kernel in Mint.