I had a task to update only kernel to the latest version on Ubuntu 14.04
VPS.
What I did:
apt-get update
apt-get install linux-virtual
reboot
It updated from 3.13.0-24
to 3.13.0-163
.
14.04.x Ubuntu Kernel Support Schedule: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support and apt-cache search linux-generic
tells me that, linux-image-4.4.0-98
exists.
Questions:
- Why the kernel wasn't updated to the latest
4.4.0-98
or newer version? I got3.13.0-163
instead. - Is there any difference between
4.4
and3.13
as they are both currently supported? - In order to update kernel to
4.4
do I need to update ubuntu to14.04.5
? - How to update to
4.4
without updating the whole system?
Thanks in advance.