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If your hardware is running just fine with the current kernel, you might want to stick with it, though the 4.19.5 kernel does offer more Spectre and Meltdown protection for 32-bit users...at the cost of a somewhat variable performance loss, unless you disable that with the "nopti" kernel boot ...

Successful upgrade from 17.1 on a 32-bit laptop.

Happy to accept more updates.

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If you want to test the 4.19 kernel, it's available if you search in Synaptic for "4.19.0-1" and install the linux-image.


Installed the 4.19 kernel.
The more I update it, the more I like it.


inxi -S ...

Successful upgrade from 17.1 on a 32-bit laptop.

Happy to accept more updates.


System: Host: MX Kernel: 4.15.0-1-686-pae i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18_386 Continuum March 12 2017
base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine: Type: Laptop System ...