[CentOS] CentOS 8.0 1905 is now available for download

> Am 24.09.2019 um 21:11 schrieb Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org>:
> 
> Mainline kernel packages are available from elrepo for el8. Current version is kernel-ml-5.3.x:
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> https://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el8/x86_64/RPMS/ <https://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el8/x86_64/RPMS/>
> 
> Is that new enough for you?


Sorry to ask this dumb question, but what’s the disadvantage of using such a kernel?

I assume, some of the newer kernel-features would need special utilities or upgraded versions of the utilities included?