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Canonical’s announced a major shift in its kernel selection process for future Ubuntu releases. An “aggressive kernel version commitment policy” pivot will see it ship the latest upstream kernel code in development at the time of a new Ubuntu release.

Original announcement: Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I will try out Debian, which uses Wayland by default. So hopefully I will get what I need for my DE.

Otherwise, if nothing works for me, I always go back to Ubuntu if I really don't like Debian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Distro hopping truly is a way of life!