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Re: [LUG] Kernel

 

Thanks Tom and Paul. I'll have a look at what the current default
kernel is for Ubuntu 17.10.

Rich


On 18 February 2018 at 13:41, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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