new kernels available

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

Latest secure kernels available in the repos for 32 and 64 bit architecture (stretch, buster, testing and sid).

5.2.15 (64bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)
4.19.73 (64bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)
4.9.193 (64 bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)

Users are strongly advised to upgrade.

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[Member Noman01]

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how is this done thanks.

[Member greyowl]

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Noman01 wrote:

how is this done thanks.

Open Synaptic Package Manager
click “Reload” icon at top left
Search “linux”
find “Linux-Headers” and “Linux-Image” of the version that you want to update to
Right click each and choose “Mark for Installation””
Click “Apply” icon at the top and continue with installation

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Member Will B]

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5.2.15 amd64 working great on antiX 19 beta 3! 😀 Thanks anticapitalista!

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[Member VW]

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5.2.15 amd64 working fine. Thanks anticapitalista.

inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: antix1 Kernel: 5.2.15-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 
  Distro: antiX-17.3.1_x64-full Helen Keller 27 December 2018 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: A320M-S2H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: A320M-S2H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F23 date: 08/08/2018 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics 
  bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 27947 
  Speed: 1531 MHz min/max: 1600/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1422 2: 1421 
  3: 1470 4: 1422 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 435.21 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 435.21 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Device-2: AMD vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 08:00.6 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.2.15-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0 
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 41.73 GiB (18.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSTFS31240GNTD size: 223.57 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 216.81 GiB used: 41.73 GiB (19.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 29 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30% 
Info:
  Processes: 173 Uptime: 3m Memory: 7.80 GiB used: 373.9 MiB (4.7%) 
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 
  inxi: 3.0.36 

Now for the other machines 😉

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[Member greyowl]

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4.9.193 updated fine
thanks

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Member Noman01]

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To greyowl thanks for you response, tried it on the desktop an old mac mini took a while to find the right ones in the list but it worked and it is up and running, will work in the laptop tomorrow on my day off.

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Updated to 5.2.15-64 bit on my 17.4.1 stretch everything seems to work
fine. thx for staying on top of kernel security patches anticapitalista.

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5.2.15 amd64 working great on MX 18.3! 😀 Thanks anticapitalista!

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[Member Noman01]

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I saw where anticapitalista just released a new kernel 4.4.195 LTS what is the difference between 4.4.195 and the 4.9.193 that he released in September. Just looking to better understand how things work and what is best for keeping this install up to date. Thanks.

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Noman01 wrote:

I saw where anticapitalista just released a new kernel 4.4.195 LTS what is the difference between 4.4.195 and the 4.9.193 that he released in September. Just looking to better understand how things work and what is best for keeping this install up to date. Thanks.

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/please-can-linux-4-4-kernel-be-included-in-antix19-repositories/

probably only for old hardware which works with version 4.4, but not with 4.9.

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anticapitalista wrote:

Latest secure kernels available in the repos for 32 and 64 bit architecture (stretch, buster, testing and sid).

5.2.15 (64bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)
4.19.73 (64bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)
4.9.193 (64 bit and 32 bit pae and non-pae-486)

Users are strongly advised to upgrade.

Thank you again, it is very useful (even for MX)

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If you look at kernel.org you will see the list of kernels that are currently updated. The latest current stable kernel is 5.3, 5.4 is in beta form being worked on. LTS kernels are long term support kernels, that is what 3.16 4.4 4.9 4.19 are. The editions in between get dropped and do not receive security updates and other fixes. As kernels progress some support for really old hardware is dropped.

In other linux I have used 5.3 (now on its 5th edition 5.3 5.3.1 …etc) and it is smaller, lighter, and faster than previous 5s, on my machine. Well it is smaller in every machine, I don’t know what kind of fat they shaved off but it is good. Otherwise I like 4.19.

If you search by # apt search linux image antix you get a list of antix produced kernels. You substitute image for headers in the search to locate the corresponding headers image. Make sure you don’t mix up amd64 (64 bit kernels) with 32 bit kernels (486).
linux-image-4.19.73-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-headers-4.19.73-antix.1-amd64-smp are the current latest lts. In general you stick with the latest kernel that works on your hardware. There are cases where some software that is no longer maintained but you like to keep using that have a limit to what kernel can be used. So if the sw doesn’t work with anything above 4.4 you are stuck with it. If it works with 4.20 or earlier then you use 4.19, because 5.0 will not work.

Use apt-get install for kernels so the packages stay in your /var/cache/apt/archives because apt install will delete the package after installation. Say at some point you want to reinstall or use the package for another installation you would have to download that huge package again.

At least this is my take on kernels.

5.3 kicks capitalist ass! 🙂

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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When I built a 5.3 kernel a week or so ago and it was lousy on this Thinkpad.
Slower to boot and double the usual RAM usage, so I went back to 5.2.15.

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The 5.2.15 kernel has worked well.

The Liquorix 5.2 kernels up to 5.2.0.19 have also worked well on my Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop.

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