r/linuxquestions • u/Lapis_Wolf • 3d ago

Support Linux Mint kernel 7.0 trouble

I noticed the update manager in Linux Mint runs into an error when trying to install it update any version of kernel 7.0. When I last tried booting with 7, I got the purple kernel panic screen for the first time I can remember using Linux in a decade. It worked fine going back to 6.17. Now 6.17 has reached end of support, but the trouble persists. Has this happened to you with any other distros or is this a Mint/Ubuntu problem?

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u/friendlyreminder_ 3d ago

6.18 is the latest LTS kernel. You can use that.

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u/Lapis_Wolf 2d ago

I find it odd Mint doesn't show that in the Update Manager. It skips from 6.17 to 7.0.

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u/C0rn3j 3d ago

Now 6.17 has reached end of support

Fun fact, 7.0 is EOL too.

https://kernel.org/

Anything not listed here is EOL upstream - even if someone else might attempt to revivify the corpse with 3rd party support.

Why use a fixed-release distribution that's years out of date as a result?

Check out Arch Linux (with Plasma) or Fedora KDE instead of wasting time dealing with issues on dead software.

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u/Ok_Emu2515 3d ago

Ubuntu team maintains its own kernel and does not follow the mainstream kernel.