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  • Dr. Torvalds' special elixir #6.18.4

    From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Jan 11 05:28:48 2026
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    Linux lm 6.18.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 19:35:00 PST 2026 x86_64
    x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ uptime
    21:27:54 up 2 days, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26
    --
    -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G
    OS: Linux 6.18.4 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
    "Going out of my mind, back in 5 minutes."
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Jan 11 05:48:10 2026
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    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:28:48 +0000, vallor wrote:

    Linux lm 6.18.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 19:35:00 PST 2026
    x86_64
    x86_64
    x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ uptime
    21:27:54 up 2 days, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26

    Updating Fedora 43 to 6.18.4 at the moment. They finally got off the 6.17 wagon. I haven't gotten to the Arch box yet but I assume it will go from 6.18.3 to 6.18.4 too. It's killing my uptime :(
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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Jan 11 16:16:34 2026
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    On 2026-01-11, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
    Linux lm 6.18.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 19:35:00 PST 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ uptime
    21:27:54 up 2 days, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26



    I updated my Debian 13 Cinammon yesterday. It was 177 packages including
    kernel and some large ones like LibreOffice.

    It took less than 5 minutes complete.

    pothead@999999:~$ uname -a
    Linux weed 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.63-1 (2025-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux



    pothead@999999:~$ sudo apt update
    [sudo] password for pothead:
    Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease [140 kB]
    Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease [47.3 kB]
    Hit:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main Sources [10.5 MB]
    Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 Packages [9,670 kB]
    Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main Translation-en [6,484 kB] Fetched 26.9 MB in 4s (6,941 kB/s)
    177 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
    Notice: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease' changed its 'Version' value from '13.2' to '13.3'

    I ran apt upgrade and in less than 5 minutes it was all complete.
    --
    pothead

    rCLLiberals seem to assume that, if you donrCOt believe in their particular political solutions, then you donrCOt really care about
    the people that they claim to want to help.rCY

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  • From Farley Flud@fflud@gnu.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Jan 11 16:28:30 2026
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    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:28:48 +0000, vallor wrote:

    Linux lm 6.18.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 19:35:00 PST 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ uptime
    21:27:54 up 2 days, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26


    So what do you actually *do* with your hot new kernel?

    Do you sit for 2 days and 16 minutes staring at the blinkenlights?

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Jan 11 22:03:41 2026
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    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:16:34 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:

    I updated my Debian 13 Cinammon yesterday. It was 177 packages including kernel and some large ones like LibreOffice.

    Fedora was having issues yesterday. 229 out of 230 packages, no problem.
    The kernel-modules timed out on six different mirrors.

    Arch went smoothly.
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  • From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Jan 12 16:00:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    At Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:28:30 +0000, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote:

    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:28:48 +0000, vallor wrote:

    Linux lm 6.18.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 19:35:00 PST 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ uptime
    21:27:54 up 2 days, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.23, 0.26


    So what do you actually *do* with your hot new kernel?

    make -j



    Do you sit for 2 days and 16 minutes staring at the blinkenlights?

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

    That's the sound a turkey makes.
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    OS: Linux 6.18.4 D: Mint 22.3 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)
    "Supernovae are a Blast"
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  • From Farley Flud@ff@linux.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Jan 12 21:35:35 2026
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    On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:00:15 +0000, vallor wrote:


    Do you sit for 2 days and 16 minutes staring at the blinkenlights?

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

    That's the sound a turkey makes.


    Turkey?

    That is the sound of the THUNDERBIRD:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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    Gentoo/LFS: Is there any-fucking-thing else?

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