When I perform a sudo apt-cache search linux-image
I do not see the kernel version 3.16.0-60. Is this a valid kernel? My other Ubuntu workstations only have 3.16.0.49.
1 Answer
It is an officially available version for 14.04. From the package index:
Package linux-image-3.16.0-60-generic
- trusty (14.04LTS) (kernel): Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1 [security]: amd64 i386
- trusty-updates (kernel): Linux kernel image for version 3.16.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1: amd64 i386
From the changelog, it's from late January:
linux-lts-utopic (3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low
[ Luis Henriques ]
* Release Tracking Bug
- LP: #1536149
* Merged back Ubuntu-lts-3.16.0-58.78~14.04.1
-- Luis Henriques <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:30:01 +0000