Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

[TheDead]

[quote author=TheDead link=topic=4978.msg39374#msg39374 date=1519571226]
Sooo, if I’m on 4.10, I have to revert to 4.4.0-116 to get the fix?

I would think that you would be able to use the 4.15 kernel which you can download and install from the Synaptic Package Manager aka Install/Remove Software.

Go into Synaptic Package Manager / Install/Remove Software center and install linux-headers 4.15 first and then install linux-image 4.15 second.

Do a reboot and you should boot into the new 4.15 kernel.

Do not remove existing kernel in case the new kernel fails to boot.

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Update
It appears that Lite Tweaks in the Menu under System has a kernel installer so you might want to give that a look at also.


Don't hold me to this as I'm only a Linux Lite user and not a Linux Guru.
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Thanks and yep,  I'm gonna keep older kernels because last time I tried 4.13, got a kernel panic on boot.
If 4.15 breaks, I'll go the 4.4.0-116 route.

Now time to read if those fixes slow CPUs down or not, whick was the big worry in the beginning. :-O

Cheers!