kernel question

[jerry]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:11:34 +0200
> jonathan <jonathan at logical.co.zw> wrote:
>
>   
>> how often are there kernel updates and what is added.sorry if this is a 
>> dumb question
>>     
>
> Not a dumb question :)
>
> In general, new kernels will be either security fixes ( a vulnerability has
> been discovered and fixed) or bug fixes. For example in the lead up to the
> release of 7.04, there were several kernel updates related to hardware
> issues - some people had trouble booting the system on their hardware and
> so on.
>
> Now that Feisty ( 7.04) has been released, I would expect kernel upgrades
> to happen if and when there are security issues, or possibly to correct
> bugs that were not caught during the development phase. 
>
> How often that will be is unpredictable, as you will realise.
>
> Peter
>
>   
Peter
As someone who is learning the workings of Linux am I correct in 
thinking from what you  have said that I should always upgrade to a new 
kernel that is provided by Ubuntu and that I should not routinely use 
the old kernels? Perhaps boot with an old kernel that works only to fix 
a boot/kernel panic problem.

Thanks for your help.

Jerry