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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: 25 kernels
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 07:06:57 -0400
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Farley Flud wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Sat, 17 May 2025 08:29:04 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> So I do an update of Debian Sid, and it starts updating initrd images, and
>> continues, continues, continues.... 25 kernels from 6.10.11 to 6.12.27.
>> 
>> Purged 22 of them. FTS. FFS.
>
> Move your ass over to Gentoo, where all updates are totally in your
> control.

I've already installed Gentoo, two different occasions, years ago.

It's fine, but I prefer Arch and Debian these days.

> No more surprises.  No more doubts.  (And no one to blame but yourself.)
>
> It's a bit of a shock at first, but once acclimatized the user will
> have found paradise.

Any Linux distro is paradise compared to Windows.

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