Mint is built on top of the Linux 5.15 kernel. This kernel comes with numerous new functions. These include a new way to read and write to the NTFS file system and an in-kernel Server Message Block ...

The 5.15.145 stable kernel has been released. It consists mostly of fixes to the ksmbd subsystem, which has been marked as broken due to (until now) a lack of support for the 5.15.x kernels.

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that’s a lot of work. ZDNet ...