Debian testing + LTS kernel

Question

Is there a way to run debian testing (actual is bookworm) but with LTS kernel, something like in arch linux there is a linux-lts package. I want to avoid constantly jumping to very new kernel.

Answer 1

You can try using one of the options below.

I installed the LTS kernel¹ 5.15.49 ( linux-image-5.15.49-xanmod1 ) on 3 different machines and so far I haven't had a problem.

1. XanMod Kernel - xanmod.org

   echo 'deb http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list
   wget -qO - https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/xanmod-kernel.gpg add -
   apt update
   

2. Liquorix kernel - liquorix.net.

   apt-get install lsb-release apt-transport-https -y
   mkdir -p /etc/apt/{sources.list.d,trusted.gpg.d}
   curl -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/liquorix-keyring.gpg 'https://liquorix.net/liquorix-keyring.gpg'
   echo "deb https://liquorix.net/debian testing main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
   echo "deb-src https://liquorix.net/debian testing main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
   apt update
   

And... there is also the possibility to merge² the Testing with the Bullseye³ to use a kernel like 5.14 or 5.15.

All the best.

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1. https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZKMnt.png

2. https://rabexc.org/posts/apt-config (Be careful!)

3. https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bullseye-backports&searchon=names&keywords=kernel-image