On Monday 28 November 2016 16:58:49 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 04:57:12PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 28 November 2016 13:09:06 Richard Hector wrote: > > > FWIW, newer kernels are available in jessie-backports; you don't need > > > to upgrade the whole thing just for that. > > > > As of now, only 4.7, which has been getting a bad write-up on this list > > over the last few days. 4.4 doesn't seem to be there any more. > > But 4.6 is. > > linux-image-4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Linux 4.6 for 64-bit PCs > > Many people are successfully using the 4.7 kernel, too. It all depends > on which of the kernel features you actually need for your machine and > your programs.
lisi@Eros:~$ aptitude search linux-image i linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 - Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs p linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 p linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Linux 4.7 for 64-bit PCs (signed) p linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 p linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned - Linux 4.7 for 64-bit PCs p linux-image-4.7.0-1-grsec-amd64 - Linux 4.7 for 64-bit PCs, Grsecurity protection i linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (met p linux-image-grsec-amd64 - Linux image meta-package, grsec featureset lisi@Eros:~$ ???? Lisi