Ubuntu firmware HWE will prevent issues on older kernel

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by OMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News at 27 Oct, 23:15 UTC

Ubuntu is planning a new linux-firmware-hwe package, in an effort to reduce the risk of firmware updates for newer kernels causing problems for users running older ones. On Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) releases, you can stick with the standard (GA) kernel it was released with for the duration of…

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• T2Ubuntu firmware HWE will prevent issues on older kernelOMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News27 Oct, 23:15