kernel 4.9 has reached EOL (end of life)

[Member entropyagent]

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anticapitalista wrote:

antiX does not automatically upgrade the kernel.
It has to be done manually.

You have an old 4.9 kernel.
Use Package Installer to update to the latest kernel of the series you want whether that is 4.9, 4.19 or 5.10 (assuming everything is already fully upgraded). The working kernel you have will not be removed. You can remove it later once you are satisfied a newer kernel is working well.

Thanks, very useful ( I am honoured!) I am not sure I have seen this “manual kernel update” mentioned elsewhere in the newbie docs.

I did see in 1 or 2 other places it is suggested that the way to upgrade antiX is “sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade” – is this for everything other than the kernel (and apps which are no longer supported upstream)
e.g.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/upgrading-antix-donts/#97550pgrading-antix-donts/#97550
and
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/short-essential-how-to-list-for-the-complete-linux-newbie/#post-37202

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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is this for everything other than the kernel (and apps which are no longer supported upstream)

Yes.

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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@entropyagent: it is true that SOME kernels have metapackages and if you happen to install that meta package, the kernel can be updated in that way when you perform the operations “sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade”

However, as anticapitalista already indicated that our antiX kernels DO NOT use this method.
There are kernels that work in the overall Debian ecosystem, should you choose to explore them on your own.
We do encourage people to at least start with our kernels.

For a while, I was unable to use our kernels with my HP-14, but we now have a number of newer kernels available that work with recent vintage hardware, and other kernels that work with older systems.

As you may expect, there are some systems that the overall Debian Bookworm release will no longer be supporting, and though we do a lot of our own development and support, for our upcoming release this will affect us; certain old systems won’t work correctly with antiX 23; those users will have to use one of our older (still supported) releases.

Right now, antiX 19.5 and antiX 22 are in current support, and antiX 23 is currently in test development. Between the three of them, there is an incredible range of computer systems that are well supported. For some super old computers, you may have to go back to some no longer supported software; those systems will be inherently insecure, so they’re not safe to use for financial transactions or very personal user activity due to the possibility of system compromise.

I hope this additional information is useful to you and others; if you have questions, or anyone has a comment or correction to anything I’ve said that is not 100% accurate, kindly correct in a kind and careful manner so that we all have the best possible information and understanding. Thank you!

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Thanks very much for the feedback, gentlepersons.

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