Ever get miffed reading about a major new Ubuntu release only to learn it doesn't come with the newest Linux kernel? Well, that'll soon be a thing of the

Canonical’s announced a major shift in its kernel selection process for future Ubuntu releases. An “aggressive kernel version commitment policy” pivot will see it ship the latest upstream kernel code in development at the time of a new Ubuntu release.

Original announcement: Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases

  • Qkall@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 month ago

    Ubuntu was first os I really stuck with for years… It’s weird the shifts they made in the past. The horrid Amazon search in unity shell was their first major misstep… And as much as I understand the snap shift, their implementation was balls. I was forced to jump ship when a work reliant version of Citrix somehow completely would break app armor…

    I don’t know what I intended to really say in this post… Just typing out loud I guess.

  • Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    1 month ago

    I’m surprised by this decision, since Ubuntu’s strength is stability and by extension, friendliness to new users. Imo, a better move would be to ship a separate “unstable” release with non-LTS kernels.

    • infeeeee@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Maybe stability is not a frequent issue nowadays, and they need the new kernel to support new hardware more quickly?

      E.g. I can imagine a new linux friendly laptop can’t be sold with ubuntu preinstalled because the old kernel is not supporting some parts yet, but it’s already merged upstream. Or something like that.

  • ColdWater@lemmy.ca
    01·
    1 month ago

    Honestly just switch to Arch at this point, dare I say Arch is easier and users friendly than Ubuntu