Different kernels

[Nils Kassube]

MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I recently installed 14.04.4 Xubuntu on my new work desktop, and it
> has a 4.2 kernel rather than the 3.13 kernel on my older 14.04
> installations.
> 
> I must have missed that announcement, but I'm curious as to why the
> change.

I don't think there was an anouncement, but usually the LTS releases get 
newer kernels backported from the non-LTS releases . They are useful to 
make current hardware working with the LTS-releases.

> More importantly, how do I upgrade my fully up-to-date older 14.04
> installations to get this kernel and its associated components?
> They're all showing 14.04.4, but the kernel is 3.13.

Well, the original LTS release included the linux-image packages with 
the 3.13 kernel. If you need a HWE kernel, you should install one of the 
packages linux-image-generic-lts-wily, linux-image-generic-lts-vivid or 
linux-image-generic-lts-utopic instead of linux-image-generic.


Nils