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sara sh

11-10-2014 05:08 AM

installing Linux version 3.3 or later

Hi all, I am new in Linux and I want to install the Linux with 3.3 kernel version, I don't have any Linux operating system now, so I want to download some Linux distribution with this feature and install it, how can I find it?
thanks in advance

fatmac

11-10-2014 06:19 AM

Simple answer is to look on the distros web site/forum - probably not quite what you were wanting, but true.
(Some distros like to keep up with the latest, others prefer 'stable' software.)

With my present distro, typing

Code:

uname -a

in a terminal gives me

Quote:

$ uname -a
Linux hp-g62 3.7.10-antix.4-amd64-smp #1 SMP Tue Jun 18 17:18:59 EEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So now my question is - do you need kernel ver3.3 specifically, or will a later kernel be OK.

sara sh

11-10-2014 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 5267499)

Code:

uname -a

in a terminal gives me

So now my question is - do you need kernel ver3.3 specifically, or will a later kernel be OK.

thanks for your answer
the later kernel versions will be ok, but my question is how can I find this versions and install them?

fatmac

11-10-2014 06:26 AM

Also, being new to linux, you may want to try using a 'live' distro to test your hardware before installing.
Because of UEFI, some distros can be a pain when trying to install, so knowing your machines defaults will help.

You may like to try the distro that I use, AntiX, a Debian based live/installable distro.
http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://antix.freeforums.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anti...al/antiX-13.2/

fatmac

11-10-2014 06:30 AM

Likely any distro created since mid to late 2012 onward will have ver3.3 or later kernel.

ondoho

11-11-2014 08:31 AM

i think debian stable still uses a 3.2 kernel - but it's not hard to get a newer, backported kernel.

most distros, like 90% of distrowatch's top 100, use a much newer kernel.

ultimately, you have to see what the distro's webpage has to say on that topic.
if it's based on ubuntu, or debian testing, or arch, you have nothing to worry about.

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