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  • Concern ? THREE Kernel Updates in TWO Weeks

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Mon Feb 2 22:59:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel
    updates in just the past two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse
    kernels of late ?

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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.misc on Tue Feb 3 19:47:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the past
    two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.
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  • From Robert Heller@heller@deepsoft.com to comp.os.linux.misc on Tue Feb 3 20:41:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    At 3 Feb 2026 19:47:10 GMT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the past two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.
    Many LTS Linux releases backport kernel updates, esp. important security patches. Sometimes multiple such updates show up in "quick" succesion. Not often. They stay at a given base kernel resease for the duration of the LTS release, but will update that kernel with backported upstream patches and will add their own additional versioning when adding backported patches.


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  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Tue Feb 3 22:12:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the past
    two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.

    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"

    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1

    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but
    the past couple weeks ....

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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Feb 4 06:12:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 22:12:27 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the
    past two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.

    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"

    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1

    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but the past couple
    weeks ....

    Yeah, Fedora had been hanging at 6.17. I got 6.18.3 on 1/8 with other
    updates following. A lot of KDE stuff too.
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  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Feb 4 02:00:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 2/4/26 01:12, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 22:12:27 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the
    past two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.

    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"

    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1

    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but the past couple
    weeks ....

    Yeah, Fedora had been hanging at 6.17. I got 6.18.3 on 1/8 with other
    updates following. A lot of KDE stuff too.

    I'm wondering if some serious, broad, security prob
    had been discovered - necessitating a lot of rapid
    tweaks/updates.

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  • From Marc Haber@mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Feb 4 08:21:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
    On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the past >>> two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.

    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"

    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1

    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but
    the past couple weeks ....

    Why would MX Linux, a distribution that praises itself for being
    stable and frugal, use bleeding edge kernels?!? Don't they have more
    important things to do?
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  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Feb 4 02:45:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 2/4/26 02:21, Marc Haber wrote:
    c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
    On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:

    MX Linux

    Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the past >>>> two weeks.

    This SEEMS excessive.

    Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late ?

    Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for a
    while. 6.19 is still a rc.

    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"

    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1

    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but
    the past couple weeks ....

    Why would MX Linux, a distribution that praises itself for being
    stable and frugal, use bleeding edge kernels?!? Don't they have more important things to do?

    Well, this is part of My Concern ... this behavior
    suggests some MAJOR security problem that they and
    others are patching as fast as possible without
    raising a General Alarm.

    IS there a major problem ? Where would I search to
    find very current uncensored info/news ?

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  • From Anssi Saari@anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Feb 4 09:58:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:

    IS there a major problem ? Where would I search to
    find very current uncensored info/news ?

    Debian stable and oldstable last had kernel updates on Dec 30. So looks
    like no cause for panic. Just mentioning this because you mentioned "Debiverse". As for MX, I dunno. Does apt changelog work there?
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