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I am running antiX 17 (32 bit) and using kernel 4.9.221.
I notice that there is a new 4.9.235 kernel available Synaptic.
I haven’t seen any notices of this in the forum.
Just wondering if it is advisable to upgrade to 4.9.235 or if it is better to stay with 4.9.221Below is my inxi -F:
user@antix1:~
$ inxi -F
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.221-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
Distro: antiX-17_386-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D610 v: N/A serial: <root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D4571 serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 10/02/2005
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.3 Wh condition: 52.5/53.3 Wh (99%)
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB
Speed: 1867 MHz min/max: 800/1867 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1867
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1024×768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.221-antix.1-486-smp
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
driver: tg3
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:14:22:d8:99:f8
Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200
IF: eth1 state: up mac: 00:16:6f:46:d6:28
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 37.26 GiB used: 13.45 GiB (36.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MP0402H size: 37.26 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 34.43 GiB used: 13.45 GiB (39.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3073
Info:
Processes: 162 Uptime: 2h 28m Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 671.5 MiB (33.5%) Shell: bash
inxi: 3.0.36
user@antix1:~
$Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Xecure
If you are happy with your kernel, keep it. I think the new one is heavier (will take more space in RAM) so it is more compatible with more hardware. But it also includes security fixes, so you may be interested.
About the notice: https://antixlinux.com/new-kernels-available-7/
About downloading it, try it out. You can always boot back to your previous kernel from grub if you experience problems with this one (and then remove the problematic kernel).
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.Thanks for the information.
My version 4.9.221 is working fine.
I am interested in the security fixes so will give it a try.Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
I tried kernel 4.9.235 which did not work well.
With kernel 4.9.221, my laptop would go from login to desktop very quickly. But with 4.9.235 it took 85 seconds to go from login to desktop.
I just got a notice for the new kernel version 4.9.240 which is coming out soon for AntiX 17. I’ll give it a try and see if it works well.Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
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