Post #3434261

I suggest to take a look at Gentoo. Gentoo doesn’t need/use DKMS, it just recompiles modules after a kernel update as a part of regular package management. You can mask arbitrary package versions or version ranges to reliably stay on an older kernel, driver version (for example on my desktop I currently mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590, meaning “give me the newest 580 version”). I think all version lines that Nvidia updates still get package updates on Gentoo, including 390. And if you need some really old stuff it’s easy to roll your own repo (overlay) and keep discontinued versions/packages around for however long you need them. And once set up, this is essentially maintenance free, and if it does require intervention, you’ll likely get notified directly through the package manager before something breaks, either via a news item or an error during dependency resolution. PS: And in case you’re wondering, it’s possible to run Gentoo entirely without compiling, or with only compiling packages selectively when you want to change the default flags.