<SOLVED> Kernel does not update after sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade

[hlarc]

Hi there.
I want to upgrade to the newest Kernel. According to kernel.org the newest is 6.2.7 but i cant update to anything newer than 5.15.0-67-generic on any debian based Linux Distro. While a friend of mine has no Problem updating to the newest Kernel.
My System:My System:

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root@PC:/# sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@PC:/# uname -r
5.15.0-67-generic

[Midnight True]

Hi and Welcome to the forum

Unfortunately, you can't ... the reason is mint is a stable release distro for more info please check this out https://averagelinuxuser.com/rolling-vs ... x-release/

[spamegg]

You don't need the newest kernel. Kernels taken from kernel.org are never used directly in Debian / Ubuntu. They go through some modifications first.
Also, you should not login as root user, you will easily break your system.
Also, no need to do full-upgrade or dist-upgrade. These commands are usually used when upgrading from one major release to another; they can change the underlying repositories, and if you don't know what you're doing, can mess up your system.
It seems like you are falling victim to the usual "Google stuff, then copy/paste commands" mentality that is common in beginners.

Here are some useful links for you:
Avoid fatal mistakes
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... takes.html
First things to do:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Clean Mint safely:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Speed up Mint:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html

[Hoser Rob]

I don;'t thinik you need the newest kernel either. Always wanting the newest software in Linux is a Windows habit that's a bad habit in Linux.

Did a wee bit of searching, that MB BIOS date is 2023 but that MB came out in 2020, and I found a laptop with the same GPU listed as Ubuntu certified for Ubuntu 20.04. New kernels are for really new hardware.

However, according to your system info you're running the open source nouveau driver and don't have hardware accelerated video.

Have you checked Mint Driver Manager for a proprietary Nvidia video driver?

[hlarc]

Thank You for telling me this. I did not know that