Originally Posted by mastablasta Originally Posted by

HWE stack is bringing kernels from new releases (e.g. 14.10, 15.04, 15.10...) to 14.04 LTS. drivers in linux are part of kernels, so to have new PCs from say this year work with OS from 2014 you need to upgrade the kernel. the programs will stay the same though. that way one can install old LTS to new PC or upgrade the PC and stay on old LTS.



in this particular case upgrading kernel shouldn't change much for you unless you are using AMD and fglrx driver (proprietary driver) which i think can't yet (not sure if it ever will) patch the kernel in 14.04.5. instead it get's replaced by latest Radeon (opensource driver). if you are using nvidia or intel GPU then this is not an issue at all. you will just get latest stable drivers.