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The Linux Mint Update Manager
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Bug? Update Manager can't see all available Linux Kernels. Plus Suggestion. #469

Closed setsunati closed 5 years ago

setsunati commented 5 years ago

Update Manager only see's up to 4.18 Linux Kernel version. :(

Ubuntu currently shows Linux Kernel v5.0 RC5 but i can only see 4.18 in Update Manager. https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D

I want to install Linux Kernel 4.19 or above using Update Manager. I can't use Ukuu since it became a paid software.

If its a bug, hope you fix it soon.

If Update Manager is not showing all available Linux Kernels on purpose, I have a suggestion: An option i can enable in Update Manager > Preferences. So i and other users who want to install latest kernels can see all available Linux Kernels from Ubuntu and easily install it. This way i wont have to use terminal and wont have to manually download .debs to install Linux kernels on Linux Mint.

Visual representation: https://i.imgur.com/P9IKcI4.png Option can by kept turned off by default so users who want to install latest kernels can enable it to see all available kernels from Ubuntu and install kernels at their own risk.

gm10 commented 5 years ago

No bug, the kernels you linked are intentionally not included. They exist only for testing purposes and are described by Ubuntu as:

These kernels are not supported and are not appropriate for production use.

setsunati commented 5 years ago

That's why i am suggesting an option i can enable from preferences so i can install latest kernels easily at my own risk. @clefebvre @gm10

gm10 commented 5 years ago

That's for @clefebvre to decide but my understanding is that's currently not desired.

setsunati commented 5 years ago

Which file should i edit in mintUpdate so i can configure Update Manager myself so it can show me all available kernels? If it is possible to do it.

gm10 commented 5 years ago

That's not a simple edit, this needs a code change which we don't include in the release version of Update Manager.

Since these are unverified test builds there is no official distribution channel for those, so despite the name PPA in the URL it's no actual PPA you can add.

If you think you really need a newer series than 4.18 (I don't think you really do but up to you...) you can however add this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/unstable?field.series_filter=disco, which is Ubuntu's unstable kernel build PPA. There's a 5.0 series build for upcoming Ubuntu 19.04 in there, so make sure to add the disco version of the PPA. Use at your own risk, and no guarantees about it getting regular updates.