[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>]

On 12/11/2022 23:37, Dale wrote:
> Usually, I try to update about once a year.  I don't change hardware 
> much.

The main reason I suggested LTS is because that, *when* you decide to do 
a @world update, you will get the latest LTS of the same main version 
you're already using. For example you'll go from 5.15.20 to 5.15.78. And 
that means you won't have to bother with an array of endless "make 
oldconfig" questions. There'll be like one or two at most, which is 
trivial to deal with.

I've been using LTS kernels for years now, and I never looked back. 
"make oldconfig" usually doesn't say anything, making it a ridiculously 
fast and no-brainer update, and yet I get the latest bugfixes and 
security fixes.

It just works :-)