Re: "Kernel surfers"

On 22 Mar 2024 21:45:54 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
in <65fdfc12$0$7522$426a34cc@news.free.fr>:

Le 18-03-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :

Do you track the current kernel on https://kernel.org ?

 
No.
 

Note that I download and build the kernel on my own,

 
What for? I haven't done it in decades. It was mandatory 30 years ago,
but not anymore.
 
I update it something like once a week and it's done effortlessly. I can
imagine some reasons to do it, but not for a normal usage of a computer.

Because I'm curious.

I don't _have_ to do it, I'm just interested in systems.  Being
mostly retired, I can go back to looking at the things that
used to interest me.  I'm not a typical user.

So, I'm sitting at Linux 6.8.0 for now, as the new feature for
6.8.1 doesn't apply to me -- and the NVidia driver it seems
to require isn't as performant as my current driver.[*]  (I need
the performance for both _Starfield_ and _Elite Dangerous Odyssey_.)

[*] YMMV

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