grendal Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 The other day I updated the Kernel on my desktop, then my laptop on my Mint 17.1 installs. As I was doing it, I realized that while I keep my system updated all the time, rarely do I update my Kernel. Am I alone in this? I can still remember using the command line in Mandriva, or was it still Mandrake, 9.1 to update my kernel and being worried that I was about to fork my install. Now, in Mint I can simply choose a kernel, apply and reboot to use it. For the average users, how important are the kernel updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 When I used Mint, it updates automatically, same as on Ubuntu, as they are the linux-image-x.xx.x-xx-generic (where x.xx.x-xx is the kernel version). Most distros update the kernel automatically when one becomes available. Same happened for me with RHEL/CentOS/Mandriva. With Gentoo it installs with the emerge, but then you have to manually build and compile it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 aptitude safe-upgrade :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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