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  • Re: There's just no holding back Linux...

    From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Mar 19 08:51:35 2026
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    On 2026-03-18, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
    Linux 7 rc4 came out a few days ago.

    What does it do that my 5.15 kernel doesn't? (I guess it's intended for
    newer computer than what I own.)
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  • From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Mar 19 19:00:38 2026
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    At Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:51:35 -0000 (UTC), RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2026-03-18, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
    Linux 7 rc4 came out a few days ago.

    What does it do that my 5.15 kernel doesn't? (I guess it's intended for newer computer than what I own.)

    Well, Linux 6 includes performance improvements to ext4 filesystems...
    as much as a 20% speed increase. You might be able to select
    Linux 6.17 in your Mint kernel choices, if that's what you're interested
    in.

    Or...if everything is working fine, just stay with what you have.
    (If it ain't broke...)
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Mar 20 03:21:16 2026
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    On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:00:38 +0000, vallor wrote:

    Well, Linux 6 includes performance improvements to ext4 filesystems...
    as much as a 20% speed increase. You might be able to select Linux 6.17
    in your Mint kernel choices, if that's what you're interested in.

    Mint 22.3 went to 6.17. It probably is a relatively rare problem but I
    have a Broadcom wifi chip and the existing driver was not compatible with
    6.17 so the update fell back to 6.14. I was able to update the driver and
    get it working with 6.17.
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  • From RonB@ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Mar 20 05:10:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-03-19, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
    At Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:51:35 -0000 (UTC), RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2026-03-18, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
    Linux 7 rc4 came out a few days ago.

    What does it do that my 5.15 kernel doesn't? (I guess it's intended for
    newer computer than what I own.)

    Well, Linux 6 includes performance improvements to ext4 filesystems...
    as much as a 20% speed increase. You might be able to select
    Linux 6.17 in your Mint kernel choices, if that's what you're interested
    in.

    Or...if everything is working fine, just stay with what you have.
    (If it ain't broke...)

    That's basically how I look it. It works. I might try the newer kernel, though, just to see if there is any difference. (Not on my main computer.)
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