Aequitas

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Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago

Haha, my brother, our IT guy, has made it his mission to wipe out Windows in our family.

Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

It wasn't really a big issue, but it was confusing. I thought that with the same Linux distro version, the highest kernel version offered would also be the same. But upgrading the kernel to a higher version (6.8 to 6.14), rather than just updating it (6.8.0-85 to 6.8.0-87 in my case), doesn't work via the standard update management UI; you have to go to ‘View’ -> ‘Linux Kernel’.

I have now upgraded to version 6.14 and everything is running smoothly.

Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thank you! And it was exactly as you described: I upgraded from 22.1 to 22.2 and she downloaded version 22.2 straight away.

Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Thank you!

Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh, I see. From time to time, the update manager suggests kernel updates to me. But I seem to be in the 6.8 series, while she is in the 6.14 series. However, in the update manager, I can upgrade to the 6.14 series using the way you suggested. Is that a good idea?

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Why is it that my sister and I have different latest kernel versions, even though we both have Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon? (feddit.org)
 

My kernel version is ‘6.8.0-87-generic’ and hers is ‘6.14.00-33-generic’. My brother, who uses CachyOS, has kernel version '6.17.1-2-cachyos'. So it makes a little sense that the kernel is different. Even though I always thought that there was just one kernel that all Linux versions use.

But why is there a different kernel for the same distro?