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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
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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.
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
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?
Distribution: Mainly Devuan with some Tiny Core, Fatdog, Haiku, & BSD thrown in.
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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.
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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