Linux 3.8 Kernel Officially Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 3.8 Kernel Officially Released

The Linux 3.8 kernel was released on Monday afternoon by Linus Torvalds. This is a very exciting kernel update...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTMwNTQ

[Dukenukemx]

How do you install this kernel in Ubuntu?

[RussianNeuroMancer]

How do you install this kernel in Ubuntu?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds

[hiddenmaverick]

Or, if you prefer to build from source: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild

(You can use these steps with the official Linux 3.8 instead of the upstream git.)

Now, I am really hoping that kernel 3.7 is not immediately declared End Of Life just because 3.8 came out. What determines whether a kernel branch is EOL or long-term supported anyway?

[DeepDayze]

Or, if you prefer to build from source: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild

(You can use these steps with the official Linux 3.8 instead of the upstream git.)

Now, I am really hoping that kernel 3.7 is not immediately declared End Of Life just because 3.8 came out. What determines whether a kernel branch is EOL or long-term supported anyway?

I believe the life of a regular non LTS kernel is 18 months while an LTS one is 5 years