Well I am using a newer kernel on my Ubuntu 11.10 as the stable 3.0.0-14 version was causing laggy sound on my PC. After upgrading my kernel to the latest version for the 12.04 Alpha (3.2.0-8) the sound issue was solved. I upgraded by temporarily changing my sources to 12.04 ones, upgrading kernel, then switching back. I would like to know how to check which is the latest version of kernel for 12.04 so I can know when I should upgrade.
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http://packages.ubuntu.com enables you to get an overview of all supported operating systems. For instance, searching for Linux; http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=names&keywords=linux, will show that 3.2.0-8 is the current version in Precise.
For a commandline tool, you can use rmadison from the devscripts package. It will present results like this (skipping most):
jo-erlend@dev:~/$ rmadison linux
linux | 3.0.0.12.14 | oneiric | amd64, i386
linux | 3.0.0.14.16 | oneiric-security | amd64, i386
linux | 3.0.0.14.16 | oneiric-updates | amd64, i386
linux | 3.0.0.15.17 | oneiric-proposed | amd64, i386
linux | 3.2.0-8.14 | precise | source
linux | 3.2.0.8.8 | precise | amd64, i386
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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From those links, you can download the kernel .deb directly, and install it with dpkg , might be easier then updating your sources. – Panther Jan 08 '12 at 20:00
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Well will I get all the dependencies while installing with DPKG? – Shahe Tajiryan Jan 08 '12 at 20:04
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yes, but you would need to download the headers separate. Other then the kernel headers , what dependencies ? – Panther Jan 08 '12 at 20:18
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You will have to monitor kernel updates yourself by occasionally checking the ubuntuupdates.org website.
For the precise linux-generic package the website URL is http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/linux-generic
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