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Re: [LUG] Kernel

 

I agree with the response to this from Tom.  Your distribution should
handle all updates including kernel, kernel-headers and any other
software that depends on your particular build version.

for the record mint 18.3 seems to be using kernel 4.13.0-31-generic.

Paul

On 18/02/18 11:04, Richard Brown wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I have just checked my kernel and it is 4.13.0-32-generic
> 
> Is it possible to find out whether I need to upgrade please? I am
> aware of the spectre and meltdown issues and wondered how I might find
> out:
> 1. If I should upgrade
> 2. How I do this manually
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/
> 
> I visited the above and I can see the latest stable kernel is 4.15.4.
> Should I upgrade to this please?
> 

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