07-01-2021, 06:00 PM
so, it was a stressful day as I tried various ways to get USB tethering to work with the 5.10 kernel from May 31, 2021. It seems to be a kernel upgrade danger. I tried to go back to the May 16 2021 image but ran into an new problem of having none of the software necessary to grow the f2fs file system, leaving me with a few MB of space that isn't enough to get online much less to install anything new. So, then, at midnight I had to go back to the Feb 1, 2021 image. after which the ext4 partition is easily expanded to include the whole 12G. It once again gets my laptop online no fussing no questions asked.
Just now I update and upgraded, 354 packages but a few held back (one of which is another 5.10 linux kernel image). I am still ok with the USB tethering. My question now is, do I just avoid dist-upgrade to avoid breaking the USB Tethering? I know it's not on most people's priority and so it does not get remedied. I have, at midnight, wondered if I could try Archlinux, it would hatve been a totally new language that I have not had time and resource to learn on short notice. Eventually though, is it something I have to do?
Also, what does one use to deal with f2fs file system?
Just now I update and upgraded, 354 packages but a few held back (one of which is another 5.10 linux kernel image). I am still ok with the USB tethering. My question now is, do I just avoid dist-upgrade to avoid breaking the USB Tethering? I know it's not on most people's priority and so it does not get remedied. I have, at midnight, wondered if I could try Archlinux, it would hatve been a totally new language that I have not had time and resource to learn on short notice. Eventually though, is it something I have to do?
Also, what does one use to deal with f2fs file system?