5.10 kernel plus lts kernel

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Just another little tidbit for those who are using Btrfs.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.10-Btrfs-Regression

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This currently shows support until 2022: https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

But probably they will later change the support to continue to 2026.

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Maybe that’s for the current kernel and when the lts is in place it will be till 2026?

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Jeez…That’s exactly why i don’t use btrfs :upside_down_face:

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Does anyone know what’s keeping 5.10 in testing?

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I haven’t been following the situation too closely, but I think they’re waiting for a couple of upstream patches that will be in 5.10.3 (it’s at 5.10.2 right now).

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I am using Btrfs at the moment. I might switch things up again in the New Year. Working good up till now. I have had 5.10 installed from testing repo. Phoronix tests are not what average user will experience so it doesn’t really have a bearing on my daily driver. I just put it out there for the real Btrfs experts which isn’t me. :laughing:

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I guess it is simply so that they just marked 2022 for now and will change it to 2026. They’ve done similar markings for LTS before, and changed them later.

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I haven’t seen anything new about printer support. In my opinion, this support has always been a weak spot in GNU/Linux operating systems.

I wish one could just attach a printer to a USB port and have the printer be recognized and “just work” immediately and automatically.

Lawrence

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That isn’t really anything you will see in kernel updates. Printer drivers aren’t in the kernel.

The latest news on the printer front is pappl.

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5.10.3 has been released today

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For example:

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Thanks for the links, @jonathon! Let’s hope they’re resolved in the current build.

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Strange … because i am running it on Solus and i also ran it on EndeavourOS from testing repo. Seemed to work fine on my Ryzen with AMD RX 590? No trouble booting.

Edit: The Solus install is running on an Older Intel with AMD Radeon HD 3870

Edit2: Sorry i forgot i was running it in v-box on my Ryzen with the AMD RX 590 so that doesn’t count! :wink:

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I saw a few users over on the Solus forum reporting boot issues.

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Looks like 5.10 is rolling up to .4 so fingers crossed

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I have Solux installed on an older MBR system and is working okay with 5.10.2

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Just got the 5.10.3 kernel on Xfce

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i just noticed it on my end, is it all good to go? I’m nervous to install it lol? :grin: