Will Mint 14 mate 64bit eventually upgrade to kernel 3.5?

[Ronshere]

I am wondering if the kernel will eventually be updated to the 3.5 final when it is released?
Does Linux Mint update the kernel on these LTS editions or just ancillary stuff?

[xenopeek]

Linux Mint follows Ubuntu's updates to the kernel. So if Ubuntu will make kernel 3.5 available on Quantal / 12.10, it will be available on Linux Mint 14. That said, by default kernel updates are not enabled on Linux Mint. This is a precaution, as kernel updates can break your system and average users wouldn't know how to recover from that. Hence it is not enabled by default. In the Update Manager > Edit > Preferences you can enable visibility of level 4 and 5 updates, or enable them to install by default. Level 4 and 5 updates cover such things as the kernel and xorg.

[AlbertP]

You can update the kernel yourself if it's too old for you.

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=40185

The LTS release will basically stay on the 3.2 kernel, Ubuntu uses a PPA for kernel updates to a new major version on LTS releases. You can also do it manually.

Also, enabling level 4 is not necessary.