If I remember correctly linux-current was fairly buggy when it was first released, and it took many point releases before they finally stopped having some regressions (one or two of those regressions were also nvidia driver related). Luckily with all the updates, I've been running linux-current without any issues for months now, but generally speaking for my Acer Aspire E5-576G laptop with hybrid graphics, I tend to experience at least one or two breakages/regressions from the kernel each year, so I have the LTS kernel as a backup that I used for about a month because the regressions don't always get fixed right away. I'm a patient person so I don't mind the wait, however, since the last couple of updates, the 4.9 kernel no longer lets me boot into a GUI, so my backup is no longer a working backup. Now I'm not too concerned at the moment since linux-current has become a very solid kernel now, but I do always have some concern when a new kernel is released that's a new major version. Having said all that, I'd be willing to test and see if the 4.14 LTS kernel is a worthy successor, but it definitely isn't an easy decision because no matter the kernel, some users will encounter problems, we just have to do our best to find and use the kernel that causes the least amount of problems for the community. I for one am glad we are having this open discussion and am hopeful we'll figure something out together.

Hello I have an 8 year old notebook Asus and Thoshiba and no problems I think we should take the new LTS kernel and sorry for my English

I wanted a backup for when linux-current breaks and also I installed Solus when it was still the default kernel and have switched to the linux-current. I have 3 Solus installations.

I selected Other because ever since I installed Solus two and a half weeks ago (as far as I can tell) it has been booting the LTS kernel by default. I'm using a 2011 Macbook Pro, so perhaps it's something to do with old hardware? Or maybe I inadvertently did something to make this happen?

I'm brand new to Linux so my cluelessness is probably on full display here. I haven't tried switching to the current kernel so far as everything has been running really well, but I could give it a try just to see if it works.

    RipperRoo If you installed broadcom-sta first, that would have installed the linux-lts kernel by accident.

        DataDrake Ah, that explains it! I hadn’t dared to switch to the current kernel for fear of messing something up, but now that I know the LTS wasn’t the default one to begin with I’ll give switching a go. Thanks for clearing that up 🙂

          davidjharder My vote for 'other' is a false positive, too. I'm perusing results. I don't have LTS installed but considering it as insurance because sometimes I do wreck the system.

            i'm on the current, don't have LTS installed
            no virtualbox but gnome-boxes

            I need LTS for my XPS 9560.

            With current, beginning with 5.3 iirc, I have very bad performance, meaning weird lagging and, even worse, the system freezes and completely locks up after some random time.

            Here some more info for my issue: https://linuxreviews.org/Linux_Kernel_5.5_Will_Not_Fix_The_Frequent_Intel_GPU_Hangs_In_Recent_Kernels

            and as it is still not better or fixed, switching to 5.4 worries me

              On my 10y old laptop (Intel i5-460M & ATI MobilityRadeon HD5650) the current kernel causes issues with the wake-up from sleep, as I posted in ticket T8699. Since then I use the LTS kernel without issues and try every new release of the current kernel if it fixes the wake-up issue (until now it hasn't).
              I had no issues with the current kernel until version 5.5, so an upgrade of LTS to 5.4 should hopefully work on my old hardware.

              I haven't got any issues so far with the current and the lts kernel. But I think moving the kernel to an 5.4 lts version would be very great!

              What I found curious about the recent breakage is that my old 750ti gpu was broken on nvidia current, even though it mostly worked on previous kernels. I presumed the problem for me was a gpu driver - lts kernel mismatch, but I don't know for sure.

              pappkamerad There were initially quite a few posts here and on Reddit by users adressing their issues with freezing and lagging on intel at around 5.3. I for one use 4.9 whenever I need to do non-trivial stuff (even though it ruins my wifi), because performance is otherwise horrendous. If LTS is upgraded to 5.4 before this issue is fixed, I seriously don't know what to do except changing OS for the first time in some years.

                I'm using HP Elitebook 2570p (in docking station most of the time) with Manjaro Gnome (switched to Budgie & having issues because of it...).
                I begon to use Solus Budgie on it in...2018? I don't remember exactly. In march 2020 i begin to have issues with Current kernel & switched to LTS on which I'm having issues too. Not disqualifying issues but noticeable.
                I covered them here:
                https://discuss.getsol.us/d/4079-budgie-applets-on-panel-buggy/9 & here

                https://discuss.getsol.us/d/3888-latest-kernel-update-borked-wifi/18
                In my case...
                - 5.5.7-150.current kernel had serious issues - some strange display shows when shuting down; Solus was significantly slower
                - 5.4.12-144.current was fine - responsive, reliable, just working great
                - 4.9.215-155.lts had issues identifying my docking station & external display
                I was dreaming to be able to work with older one... I know. It ain't smart to use old kernel. But when you are having issues with new...?
                If this could be a bit of solution - give people ability to download older kernel to stay on it ,,till update" or something like that, if the ,,middle" kernel Isn't an option for you.

                I will be installing Solus on my new desktop PC. I hope to not experience any problems. 😃

                I was on lts for years before even realizing it. Now on current, but kept lts installed just in case.

                Mine can't boot when updated the kernel on Budgie desktop, but in plasma it can.

                Hardware: HP Pavilion AMD Ryzen3 with Radeon/Raven graphics.

                I picked LTS when I set up a laptop for a family member - it's an older Thinkpad (T430) and it booted fine on current but I was a bit nervous about kernel updates breaking something. my desktop is even older but I know how to fix it if anything goes wrong 😛

                currently using Linux 5.6.18-155.current with celeron n3150 and there is no visible problem so far. But I tried 5.3 or sth like that before and laptop was freezing out of sudden. The most stable version for me was 4.14 on manjaro.