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I installed a friends PC with a 12.04.3 install medium. I thought with 12.04 I had always long term support. But looking at kernel support (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2BAC8-Support.A12.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support ) it seems I have a problem.

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Now my problem is that I am stuck with 12.04.3's kernel being

linux-image-3.5.0-54-generic_3.5.0-54.81~precise1_amd64.deb 16-Jul-2014 18:15   39M

which is from 2014 (not so great)

How can I get a updated kernel (i.e. a 3.2.xxx as in 12.04.1, or a 3.13.xxx in 12.04.5)?

I tried apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade but that did not help get a supported kernel. Am I lost with a unsupported kernel?

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You can install kernel 3.13 by running

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty

Next time it is better to download and install the latest point release, like 12.04.5. You will not need to install lot's of updates and will have the latest major kernel for this LTS release.

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