Info: New Kernel 6.5

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Hello Zorin Community,

I simply want to give a quick Info: The Software Updater shows me that the 6.5 Kernel is ready to update:

I have now after the Installation the 6.5.0-14 Kernel:

I thought that this could be an interesting Info for People who think they need or want a newer Kernel.

[Aranud]

@337harvey

[sarcastically] Why upgrade, we have the insecure and obsolete 6.2 kernel...no need to change.

This was an announced update around the first. The Zorin's recognized that the community may not be comfortable remaining on the 6.2 kernel, though it remains supported. They had to ensure stability prior to release though.

I can to be sarcastic to say 6.2 and 6.5 are sames and why not 6.6.x LTS🤣?

Ok I out...

[Wurstspaghetti]

@337harvey

This was an announced update around the first. The Zorin's recognized that the community may not be comfortable remaining on the 6.2 kernel, though it remains supported. They had to ensure stability prior to release though.

Doesnt an updated Kernel also mean more support for more hardware or has 6.2 the same supported hardware as 6.5?
Genuine question I wanted to ask for a long time.

[Bourne]

Newest kernel is for arch distributions and developers.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

@Aranud

why not 6.6.x LTS

The Answer is simple: Zorin use the Ubuntu Kernels because Zorin is based on Ubuntu.

[zenzen]

Well said, and to close the matter with a recent example of a newer kernel that introduced bugs:

[SUA 247-1] Updated Linux packages: The Linux Kernel update included with...

The release team were advised part way through release that there was the...

[Bourne]

I have not old PC and kernel isn't newest.