5.0 Kernel supported in neon 5.16.5

[cluster]

is the 5.0 kernel already supported w/ KDE Neon 5.16.5?
https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-hwe-kernel/

[claydoh]

Yes, if you have a new install, you will have it already. If it is an older install you may have to enable the hwe stack as described in your link.

As Neon is using Ubuntu 18.04 as the base OS, the kernel is fully supported there.

[vinnywright]

Operating System: KDE neon Testing Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.62.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-23-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4910MQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM

I sure hope so ,,,,,,

VINNY

[acheron]

In fact, Neon is looking into upgrading people not already on it.

https://phabricator.kde.org/T10513#199291

At akademy 2019 we decided to just switch to HWE in future for all users

Also apply to 18.04. Needs investigation on how to actually pull in the upgrade. Possibly -desktop should recommend the HWE packages, but this may not be enough. So, check what is the least invasive but reliably upgrading approach here.

[cluster]

got it, works ;-)

sudo apt install linux-headers-5.0.0-27-generic linux-headers-5.0.0-27-generic linux-modules-5.0.0-27-generic linux-modules-extra-5.0.0-27-generic
sudo apt install linux-image-5.0.0-27-lowlatency linux-headers-5.0.0-27-lowlatency linux-modules-5.0.0-27-lowlatency linux-tools-5.0.0-27-lowlatency
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-435

[cluster]

are the packages for snapd and flatpak absolutely necessary or can I remove them and switch them to locked?

[claydoh]

are the packages for snapd and flatpak absolutely necessary or can I remove them and switch them to locked?

No, they are not necessary. At least not until you find some software that you want that is too old in Ubuntu's repos and/or won't work on a Neon or 18.04-based system.Of course you can reinstall them if necessary.

[vinnywright]

you might as well enable the hole HWE stack .

sudo apt  install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 linux-hwe-tools-5.0.0-29

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ hwe-support-status --verbose
Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2023.

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ uname -a
Linux vinny-Bonobo-Extreme 5.0.0-29-generic #31~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 18:29:21 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Operating System: KDE neon Testing Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.63.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-29-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4910MQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM

VINNY