Stay on LTS kernel or update to 6.7

I wouldn’t use any OS that would force such a specific preference on me.

Besides, the reasoning behind it is completely wrong. No matter how ADvAnCEd of a user you are, snapshots are not a guarantee that you will be able to recover from a system issue like a major kernel regression.

In fact, the very opposite of this “emphasis” is true: if you’re using Btrfs, you should almost certainly be using the LTS kernel. A kernel regression causing hardware damage due to excessive IO on Btrfs is not just a possibility, it has happened before. You can’t snapshot your way out of hardware damage.

Thankfully, issues like this are very rare, especially on ext4, but unless you have hardware that is just a few months old, there is typically no reason to use anything other than the LTS kernel.

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