IT/Software/System Config/Hardware Enablement Stack

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This is how to get the latest compatible kernel

This is almost never really necessary.

It only helps when you have new high powered equipment and an older Operating System


If you want to use the LTS hardware enablement stack on Ubuntu 18.04 (desktop), you can install it using (this always install the latest HWE, version 18.04.3 right now): 


sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04

On Ubuntu 18.04 server only install the hardware enablement stack kernel package: 

sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-18.04

Reboot your system after the installation is completed.
This installs a newer kernel (it installs Linux 5.0; the first iteration of Ubuntu 18.04 used Linux 4.15) and X (it installs version 1.20.4; initially Ubuntu 18.04 useed version 1.19.6).If you want to check the date until your system is supported by Canonical, and see if you have a hardware enablement stack installed, you can use this command:

hwe-support-status --verbose
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