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    Linux Kernel 4.12

    On the 3rd July the Linux Kernel 4.12 was released. I think the developers, to their credit, have been busy getting the KDE Frameworks Version 5.36 bedded in and working well.

    The new features in the Linux Kernel 4.12 can be found at a number of sites, one is http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/l...2-released-bfq.

    I decided to see if a ppa was available for installing it and did so on the 11th July. Despite all warnings on the site that I found, I have not had any problems with it and it works very well on my system.

    The way I did it can be found at https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?t=71745. So for the brave at heart, you can give it a go and I hope you have as much success as I have had.

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    Speaking of Linux kernels, I'm not sure what is going on amongst the various distributions. For example, I recently upgraded my hybrid Neon/Kubuntu 16.04 system from Linux 4.4.something to 4.10.0-26. I'm running the latest Manjaro KDE version on a virtual machine (VMM QEMO) and it upgrade to Linux 4.9.0-10. I'm also running the latest Kubuntu (17.10) and it upgraded to Linux 4.11.0-10. Now I'm confused. Why hasn't my configuration updated to 4.11? Why has Manjaro only updated to 4.9? And my Neon User edition (also on a virtual machine) sticks with 4.8, has recently upgraded from 4.4. So which is the current stable version of the kernel? I would like to try the 4.12 kernel, but with all these different versions floating around, my question is just what do I gain going from one version to another?

    I have not changed my hardware in a year, and I do not notice any clear difference between the LTS 4.4 etc kernel and my new 4.10.0-26 kernel. I also don't know why I haven't been upgraded to the 4.11 kernel, like I was with Kubuntu 17.10 (an excellent distro so far). Any help?

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      #3
      I used the site https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ker...buntu/unstable for getting 4.12. This is only available for Artful. If you select the options under the heading Overview of Published Packages you will find that the only options in Publish in: are Artful and Xenial. Artful is the only distribution that can have 4.12. The reason is that the libraries that are included with 4.12 are not compatible with earlier distributions.

      So the Linux kernel that you have with other distributions is the best to use. I tend to try "unstable kernel builds" when dealing with new distributions prior to their official release. i definitely avoid this approach for a production system.

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        #4
        Fine, that explains a lot. So I can presume that 4.10.0-26 is the latest compatible kernel for my configuration, correct?

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