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Daniyal Javani
Asked: 2014-11-23 04:18:01 +0800 CST

How can I find most stable and newest kernel edition for Ubuntu?

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I want to choose a newest and most stable version Linux kernel for Ubuntu. Is it newest longterm version in http://kernel.org version(and download equivalent version in http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline)?

Thanks...

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1 Answers

  1. :-) The most stable is not the newest

    Actually, both are mutually exclusive... And as you have another question open with Boot fail after update kernel in Ubuntu 14.04, I would stay with the standard...

    $ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ uname -r
3.13.0-34-generic

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty
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