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</font><span></span></font></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hi All,</font></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Apologies for the dull questions, I’m noob, need to learn lot more stuff.<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></span></font></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ubuntu distro has LTS, non-LTS, GA, HWE kernels, what’s the difference between these? Which one should be the best choice for development& validating the hardware?</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"></font></font><span><span><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></p></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></p></p></span></font></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">We’ve a bunch of hardware & test systems, we started this project by opting ubuntu distro 16.04 LTS v4.4 kernel for development of device drivers, test utilities. </span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I’d like to know, what are the differences between the main Linux kernel and the kernel being used by Ubuntu</span><font color="#000000">? </font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">If I need to upgrade our drivers to latest kernel v4.17, what are the best possible ways? In future, is it possible for us to use the current installed 16.04 LTS by just upgrading the Linux kernel version? </span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Are all the Linux kernel releases are backward compatible?</span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Can someone clarify me on this?</span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span><span><br></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Thanks<span><span><span></span></span></span></font></span></font></div></p></p></div>