Tim:
Well you won't know if one improves or worsens your situation unless you do try them.
Karl Larsen:
I will read this list and when people start saying how good a kernel is I will get it.
I think I mostly see people mentioning problems, rather than what works, as far as kernels are concerned, at least. So far, all of the recent problems people have brought up about kernels haven't affected me, the last two or three have been fine on my system. If I'd avoided them just because of what I read on this list, I wouldn't have tried it. I think you still have to try them. So long as you don't get rid of your old kernels during an update, you can simply boot from an older one if it doesn't work for you.