Upgrade to HWE kernel or not?
Keith
keithw at caramail.com
Sat Feb 11 00:03:32 UTC 2023
On 2/10/23 1:55 PM, Tony Arnold wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on version 5.4 of the kernel. I've no immediate
> plans for upgrading. I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of
> installing the HWE kernel. My thinking is that this might give me more
> up to date drivers and be more robust. ( I currently see random hanging
> of my system but I've no idea of the causeĀ of this).
>
> Any thoughts/advice?
>
Are you running a server or desktop system? With server, staying on 5.4
is prudent because stability is important (though you're having random
hangs,so hmm...?) With desktop, updated drivers (especially gpu) and
more hardware support and compatibility with new hardware products are
important. It should be noted that had you installed at the 20.04.2
release, you would already be using the HWE kernels because they're
default. Plus, with HWE, when you do decide to upgrade to the next LTS
release, you'll using the same kernel version as 22.04 which is supposed
to make the upgrade smoother (kernel-wise at least).
--
Keith
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