It’s not even desktop users; most desktop users download Ubuntu and never touch anything, on reasonably common PC hardware. Kernel regressions mostly get caught in the Ubuntu betas or testing tracks (e.g. Debian Sid).
The typical user the kernel developers focus on here is a kernel developer: always running the latest kernel with a stable user space. I find it extremely narcissistic that they reject security improvements for billions of devices, for what essentially just makes developers lives easier,
The typical user the kernel developers focus on here is a kernel developer: always running the latest kernel with a stable user space. I find it extremely narcissistic that they reject security improvements for billions of devices, for what essentially just makes developers lives easier,