Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.X kernel depricated, can/should I go 3.0.X?

If it's not broken, why dork with it?

Well if they're deprecated they won't be getting security fixes. 3.0 is just a continuation of the 2.x branch with a new number for the 3rd decade of the kernel, so go ahead and reboot away!

(disclaimer I don't use linode kernels so can't comment on performance or stability ;) )

@obs:

Well if they're deprecated they won't be getting security fixes.

That was my worry, that I wont be getting the latest security patches.

You can always reboot back into the old one if it breaks something, or if you're really paranoid you can clone your linode and boot the new one into 3.0 for a test.

Changed to the 3.0 kernel, rebooted my VPS and… everything went better than expected. No problems what so ever.