kernel - What is hardware enablement (HWE)? - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 29, 2013 · I see the linux-hwe-generic package as part of the kernels you can install in Ubuntu. What is hardware enablement (HWE)?
kernel - How to enable HWE on Ubuntu 22.04 - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 23, 2022 · I guess installations of 22.04.1 come with HWE by default? What is the proper way to switch to HWE officially for older installations of 22.04? I know I can just install that kernel …
What is the difference between a OEM kernel and a HWE kernel?
Jan 4, 2022 · A HWE kernel is used only on LTS releases of Ubuntu. It's simply a newer generic kernel. In fact, it's often the same generic kernel used in the current interim release of Ubuntu. …
What determines whether ubuntu upgrades to an hwe kernel
Jan 2, 2025 · Just install the hwe package (s) for your system. i.e. for my Ubuntu 24.04 system, install linux-generic-hwe-24.04 Then the usual update-grub if it wasn't run at the install to …
20.04 - Install specific HWE kernel - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 25, 2022 · With Ubuntu 20.04, I know that we can install the latest HWE kernel via sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04. At the moment, this installs linux-hwe-5.13. However, the …
Ubuntu 20.04 - How can I enable HWE?
Feb 7, 2021 · I've read around that now it should be possible to have kernel 5.8 with HWE 20.04.2. Looks like this was released last week, but my 20.04 system is still on 5.4. I've seen …
Getting a Kernel Panic on Ubuntu 24.04 with kernel version 6.11.0 …
Jul 25, 2025 · An updated Ubuntu 24.04 LTS system using the HWE kernel stack is using the 6.14 kernel; as it moved to that awhile back (6.11 was from 24.10, where after 24.10 went EOL …
linux-generic-hwe-24.04 and other are kept back - Ask Ubuntu
Dec 16, 2024 · The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 When tried to install it manually i …
How do I list what is current kernel version for LTS HWE?
Dec 18, 2020 · Here, the latest HWE branch is named "focal linux-hwe-5.8", so I think the Launchpad info is a bit more accurate regarding package names. As I understand it, the HWE …
Ubuntu 24.04 2 LTS running 6.8 kernel instead of 6.11
Jul 19, 2025 · What kernel you're using will depend on what install media (ISO) you used; as 24.04.3 is 6.8 if using GA, 6.14 if using HWE, and may differ further if using OEM (24.04.3 …