09:55 <Guest65> What is the default way to keep track of kernel updates?

09:56 <Guest65> I don't want to bother mail lists, How it is done for general use? Google?

09:56 <Guest65> Show me the Crux way. lol

09:59 <cruxbot> [contrib/3.7]: python3-django-allauth: 65.3.0 -> 65.3.1

09:59 <cruxbot> [contrib/3.7]: python3-nh3: 0.2.19 -> 0.2.20

09:59 <cruxbot> [opt/3.7]: liburcu: 0.14.1 -> 0.15.0

10:07 <cruxbot> [core/3.7]: sysvinit: 3.11 -> 3.12

10:23 <r0ni> Guest65: they seem to be about weekly releases, i just check occasionally for a new rls if it's been a few days and go from there. or you can sub to the rss feed, make it your homepage, or read any linux news site, you'll find out easily enough when a new one drops

10:24 <Guest65> I really don't want to recompile a kernel every week, is LTS OK to use for a month or two at a time?

10:26 <r0ni> yeah generally, unless there was a CVE or something it's usually fine

10:26 <r0ni> the longer a lts exists, the slower releases become eventually

10:29 <Guest65> To have a tangent, would I be keeping a long count of a time to compile it all with using Crux, in a 2011 Thinkpad that I should be considering something more binary oriented? Any experience at all?

10:31 <r0ni> 99% of things dont need much time/ram to build, depending on what you use plays a large part here. the big things have -bin ports so things like rust and firefox are simple, but running crux vs a binary distro has negligable updating time to me

10:31 <r0ni> can build a port in the time it takes many package managers to update one locally anyway

10:33 <r0ni> i use crux on a 2012 laptop, with 2 DEs installed and the only things I fear are qt6/webkitgtk updates

10:33 <r0ni> * and kernel builds

10:33 <r0ni> but if you make a local kernel config, you cut down on large amounts of time investment, but that takes time and effort

10:34 <Guest65> To be honest, watching 10 blob software to get compiled with all those moving parts is very tempting to my autistic tendencies, I don't really like building qutebrowser, so yeah, kudos to that. Anyhow, I'm too in love with seeing 5 procs in htop to go Arching back. Oh I've found one old config that I can build on, plus I hate initramfs with all

10:34 <Guest65> them modules.

10:35 <Guest65> I would not say no for binary kernel updates.

10:37 <r0ni> there's probably a few pkgbuilds out there, theres even a few distros you could steal their kernel from and just unpack it and setup and go

10:48 <Guest65> I'm tempted to steal zen kernel from somewhere.

10:54 <r0ni> don't use ones that are signed or meant for sysd systems, they might work, or modules won't load, etc you want vanilla if you go looking

10:57 <Guest65> Ah, I'll just compile the LTS... I'm just blabbering, lol.

10:57 <Guest65> I'm sensing the problem with LTS is to be late for patches, doubt if the tradeoff works at all.

10:58 <r0ni> i stick with lts, less issues usually

10:58 <r0ni> holdin on 6.6.66 right now

11:07 <Guest65> You are 0.0.01 versions late, how dare you.

11:08 <r0ni> i like even numbers

11:08 <r0ni> ;)

11:08 <r0ni> i was running 6.6.6 before that, I figured 6.6.66 was a good time to update ;)

11:09 <r0ni> might even reinstall 6.6.6, it just felt right

11:11 <Guest65> A fellow autist with right amount of appreciation for tempting a soul. Crux never fails.

11:12 <r0ni> never been diagnosed, but my old lady says "you're autistic as f*ck" so if the shoe fits lol

11:14 <Guest65> Well, my old lady rather says: "No you are not that!" Which should mean something more I would guess, lol.