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They say no one is using these older LTS kernels, but I'm running into them all the time on Android devices. I don't know if the vendors are taking advantage of those updates, but they're definitely choosing the LTS kernels for their BSPs at release time.
choosing LTS certainly, but backport improvement and delivering updates, most probably never
which is kinda the point of LTS right? or does LTS for kernel mean additional things?
LTS means that the kernel will not recieve new features, but will receive security patches. Thus remaining stable with no breaking changes.
90% of android device manufacturers will drop in one kernel at launch day and then never, ever, ever touch it again. Fuck security, fuck the user.
okay, so it seems as though disregarding android usage of LTS seems reasonable because whilst it shouldn’t be this way, nothing will actually change
Yeah android devices are a weird beast. They use Linux in name, but not in spirit, since the entire system is locked off from the typical user.
Android is the evil version of Linux or the anti-Linux if you will.
What you're referring to as anti-Linux is, in fact, anti-GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, anti-GNU plus anti-Linux...
Root + Unlock BL + Custom ROMbe like: Am I a fucking joke to you?[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
HWE is just a much newer upstream base. I've had issues with their HWE line (6.2 base) but then I've had issues with their Generic line (5.15 base) so while newer isn't always better, older isn't better either.