"This gets really, really bad when you consider that a lot of distros keep the kernel version stable and just backport security fixes."
If I use version N of the kernel because it supports my hardware and has the features I need why would I want more than security update providing those come at regular intervals? I'm old enough to remember that upgrades all to often means breakage and have no intention of having to keep fixing things because someone somewhere couldn't be arsed to pay attention to backward compatibility. That's why I like Long Term Support versions.
So here's Debian 7, not at LTS (staying pre-systemd) and the current version is Debian 9 (equivalent to 10 in Microsoft numbering ;). What's the kernel number and what's the date the last version arrived? 3.2 and just over 2 weeks ago on 20th of September.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
