20th February 2017, 12:14
(20th February 2017, 11:43)kdemeoz Wrote: "installation of Ubuntu 16.04.2 HWE" --> sorry to be so pedestrian, but am i correct in assuming this isn't relevant/applicable to plebs like me who merely use the default Maui sources, + the Neon & Ubuntu Backports:
http://ds9-maui.s3-website.eu-central-1....-backports xenial main
http://ds9-maui.s3-website.eu-central-1....ports-neon xenial main
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 HWE is the standard Ubuntu way of upgrading the kernel and graphics stack to the newest supported version - it should be the safest and most tested way
Your kernel, mesa and X server packages will have hwe-16.04 in their names. Kernel is 4.8, mesa is 12.6 and X server is 18.4. Once you hop on this rolling update train, you will always have the latest tested kernel and graphics stack from Ubuntu (they changed the HWE approach to rolling update as described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack ). So it is applicable to ALL Ubuntu derivatives, inluding both Neon and Maui. That is one of the main "selling points" of Ubuntu LTS, reason why Neon and Maui are based on it 