Ubuntu 17.10 Rebased on Linux Kernel 4.12, Final Release to Ship with Linux 4.13

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

As of today, August 16, 2017, the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system has been rebased on the current stable Linux kernel series, namely Linux 4.12.

We reported last week that Canonical’s Ubuntu Kernel Team started work on a Linux 4.12-based kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 single-board computers, and those packages were available from the artful-proposed repository until today when they’ve been promoted to the stable channel.

If you run Ubuntu 17.10 on your personal computer, and you update it to the latest available packages from the stable repos, you’ll automatically receive the new Linux 4.12 kernel, which Canonical’s Ubuntu Kernel Team says in their latest newsletter that was published earlier today it’s based… (read more)

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