For what it's worth, this thread can now close as the situation has been resolved.
Thanks! On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM Erich Eickmeyer <eeickme...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > > > Apparently flavors no longer get the HWE kernel because somebody > > decided it was The Right Thing To Do (tm) and to make the HWE > > kernel > > opt-in for all flavors. We are supposed to have Feature Parity with > > Ubuntu Desktop, which somehow gets the HWE kernel in 24.04.2. > > > > Somebody did not communicate this change to the flavors and now > > there's > > a fix for livecd-rootfs awaiting SRU to fix this, but apparently > > it's > > too late because nobody wants to delay *a point release* by a few > > days. > > > > It's just a point release, but it's a big deal as Edubuntu, in > > particular, is supposed to have *feature parity* with Ubuntu > > Desktop, > > especially in this regard. Many of our users don't have fast > > internet > > connections, have metered internet connections, and a huge kernel > > download is a big deal for them. > > > > This needs to be fixed ASAP. I am furious about this. Delay the .2 > > release. > > > > -- > > Erich Eickmeyer > > Ubuntu MOTU > > Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio > > Technical Lead - Edubuntu > > > > -- > > community-council mailing list > > community-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/community-council -- technical-board mailing list technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
