| * enyc was about to ask question then answered itself ... "rolling HWE kernel model" =) | 10:52 | |
| enyc | http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-2-lts-lands-january-19-2017-with-ubuntu-16-10-s-linux-4-8-kernel-510572.shtml | 10:53 |
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| enyc | Though I note 4.9 is the kernel.org LTS version, not 4.8 .... | 10:53 |
| k1l_ | doesnt matter. ubuntu got a own kernel team doing the support for the time | 10:54 |
| k1l_ | look hat here to understand what this HWE is about: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2FSupport.A16.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support | 10:54 |
| k1l_ | the change is now, that you cant stay on that 16.10 backports kernel anymore. you are upgraded to the 17.04 bakcports kernel on 16.04.3 automatically. | 10:55 |
| enyc | k1l_: that page and linuxd page don't appear to say what GA actually stands for, just what it effectively is | 10:56 |
| k1l_ | GA? | 10:57 |
| enyc | k1l_: "The Release Team has also agreed that for 16.04 server images, they will offer both the GA and HWE Kernels." | 10:59 |
| enyc | "The Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release ships with a standard Ubuntu v4.4 kernel. It is commonly referred to as the GA kernel and is supported " | 11:00 |
| enyc | GA looks suspiciously like an acronym ;p | 11:00 |
| k1l_ | the original 16.04 kernel | 11:00 |
| k1l_ | if you look at the link i showed you you will see the difference from 16.04 compared to the LTS releases before | 11:02 |
| enyc | yes it does | 11:02 |
| enyc | but it doesn't say what G and A actualyl stood for anywhere | 11:02 |
| DJones | enyc: GA = General Availability | 11:31 |
| DJones | From http://askubuntu.com/questions/248914/what-is-hardware-enablement-hwe "Ubuntu will offer at least two kernels: the General Availability (GA) kernel, i.e. the most stable kernel, which does not get updated to point releases; and the Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel" | 11:32 |
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