Anyone using the 4.0 kernel yet?

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Anyone here who are using the 4.0 kernel?

I am atm.

When I booted with it I felt that I had found my purpose in life.

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what's so special about this kernel version?

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the version number

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Its 4.0. Skynet and terminator are just around the corner

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No no no!

It's the name of the kernel!
Hurr durr I'ma sheep

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Live updates.

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Anyone try the kernel on Ubuntu 14.10?

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I compiled it on OpenSUSE. Live patching is awesome.

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not yet, it seems to freeze my system when wicd connects to wifi. Haven't had time to play with it yet, and see what's wrong.

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I like a fresh kernel (4.0.1). I like the Low-Latency desktop option as well. Makes it crisp.

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From what I've been told 4.0 and above supports live kernel patching, aka no reboots needed to update the kernel. This has been really needed for a long time in the datacenter.

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Meanwhile...

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I am, I've been using 4.0.1 on my Debian installation for a bit now. I came from 3.19, haven't noticed too much of a difference but at the minimum the stability has been great for desktop usage

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Linux linux.site 4.0.1-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 15:04:53 UTC 2015 (e3a374a) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Yup, works like a charm...

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Linux desktop 4.0.1-fuct #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 1 22:15:28 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Installed kernel 4.0.2 12 hres ago on xubuntu 15.04 everything is find for now.
Before install I remove nvidia drivers and whent back to nouveau
Only thing is it broke a package for virtualbox but was fixed with "-f install "command.

Now using nvidia-349.16 ....all is well

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To do that, I would need to compile the kernel, which requires time that I don't have right now. I'll probably do it in the next week or so.

Debian doesn't upgrade their kernel very often.