From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 02:45:22 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
   > On 2/4/26 02:21, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >> c186282  wrote:   
   >>> On 2/3/26 14:47, rbowman wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:59:56 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> MX Linux   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Had to do 'full-update' to install three kernel updates in just the   
   >>>>> past two weeks.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> This SEEMS excessive.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is there some nasty security problem with DebiVerse kernels of late   
   >>>>> ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which kernel? Both the Arch and Fedora boxes have been at 6.18.7 for   
   >>>> a while.  6.19 is still a rc.   
   >>>   
   >>>    Yesterdays is "6.18.8-1-liquorix-amd64"   
   >>>   
   >>>    Previous were 6.18.6-2 and 6.18.6-1   
   >>>   
   >>>    Usually kernel version updates are infrequent, but the past couple   
   >>>    weeks ....   
   >>   
   >> Why would MX Linux, a distribution that praises itself for being stable   
   >> and frugal, use bleeding edge kernels?!? Don't they have more important   
   >> things to do?   
   >   
   >    Well, this is part of My Concern ... this behavior suggests some   
   >    MAJOR security problem that they and others are patching as fast as   
   >    possible without raising a General Alarm.   
      
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