Hi,
Let me just express my worry that Debian buster and debian based
distributions like Ubuntu will miss kernel 5 and AMD Free Sync for 2
years until next Debian release in 2 years.
I for one, am not afraid of this. Backports for New major versions have been available in the past (ex: the 4.x line in Jessie).
One thing I'm rather happy about, in fact, is NOT to undergo a cowboy-style major version upgrade at gunpoint.
fact 1: AMD Free sync needs the kernel 5, and it is a very nice feature
to adapt the monitor's refresh rate smarter than V-sync, and to avoid
tearing.
fact 2: kernel 4.19 goes out of life in Dec 2020
As debated on the debian forum.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=141563
Best Regards
Thierry Vilmart
fre 2019-04-12 klockan 17:51 +0200 skrev Thierry Vilmart:
> question:
>
> What will happen to buster when kernel 4.19 goes out of life in
> Dec2020?
>
> See EOL for 4.19.
> https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>
>
> If buster debian 10 has to change the kernel to 5 in Dec 2020, it
> will
> be untested. And it would be preferable to have kernel 5 before
> buster
> is realeased during the testing phase.
>
> Or will you do your own patchsets on an out of life 4.19 kernel?
>
> Regards
> Thierry
>