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Subject: Re: Concern ? THREE Kernel Updates in TWO Weeks
Date: 4 Feb 2026 06:12:21 GMT
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 22:12:27 -0500, 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 ....

Yeah, Fedora had been hanging at 6.17. I got 6.18.3 on 1/8 with other 
updates following. A lot of KDE stuff too.