Seven Percent

[James Wilkinson]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> That is, that once you have
> a kernel with working device drivers installed on a particular machine
> there should be no reason to ever change it again - ever.

Kernel security vulnerabilities?
New features?
Improved performance?

> However,
> you do want to stay up to date with changes in applications, and if
> you install on a new machine you may want access to new device drivers.

Or, yes, new hardware.

James.
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