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I think the coolest thing introduced here is that the HWE kernel is going to become a standard feature of LTS releases going forwards.
by hd4 10y ago
I think the coolest thing introduced here is that the HWE kernel is going to become a standard feature of LTS releases going forwards.
- listic 10y agoUnfortunately, Alternate release images are not published after 16.04.1.
- rlpb 10y agoEverything in 16.04.1 comes from the package archives. It's what you get by default from a particular image that changes. You can still get to whatever state you want regardless of which variant and point release installation image of 16.04 you use. However, doing things manually is of course not the same as being automatic.
- compuguy 10y agoSo are you saying they won't make any more alternate releases for future releases?
- listic 10y agoYes. It was that way for the 14.04 LTS, too.
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoHWE kernel: http://askubuntu.com/a/248936 http://askubuntu.com/a/248936
- simosx 10y agoHere is HWE, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack and there was a change recently in the policy. In a nutshell, 1. if you are happy with the currently kernel in Ubuntu 16.04, then you can stay with this kernel (it's version 4.4) and it gets supported until 2021). 2. if you want to jump to the new supported and tested (tested in 16.10) 4.8 Linux kernel, then there is a command described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack that helps you upgrade. However, when you upgrade the kernel (and Xserver stack that are linked together), your Linux kernel will be upgraded every six months from now on, until 2021. The next kernel version update will be in July, and it will be whatever Linux kernel was released in Ubuntu 17.04.
- fsaintjacques 10y agoDoes that means you can have fairly recent kernels with LTS releases? If so, amazing. That was my biggest complaint of Ubuntu on servers.
- StavrosK 10y agoThis is the first time I'm hearing about this, but the link would suggest that yes, this is what it means. Kind of a sidethought, but I wonder if I can get an easily-administrable WRT distribution (like Tomato is) on my DSL router that has the kernel's bufferbloat fixes.
- kasabali 10y agoWhat do you mean by standard feature? HWE kernels were already introduced after each Ubuntu release.
- seenitall 10y agoUbuntu used to add a kernel to the LTS from each subsequent release, but they were separate packages. Now there will be just one HWE package that will roll until the subsequent LTS.