Change settings from Ubuntu Studio lowlatency kernel to generic kernel

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Ubuntu Version

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Desktop Environment (if applicable)

GNOME

Problem Description

I recently upgraded from 24.04 LTS to 26.04 LTS, and I have Ubuntu Studio packages installed for my music projects. I have been following the discussion about deprecating the separate lowlatency kernel in favor of dynamic lowlatency switching within the generic kernel, but I’m a little confused because my default kernel remains 6.8.0-142-lowlatency even though I have linux-image-7.0.0-34-generic installed, as well.

My questions:

  • Will the older 6.8 kernel be phased out automatically as the Ubuntu Studio packages are updated, or can I/should I switch to the generic kernel manually? If the latter, what’s the easiest way to do that? Unchecking the lowlatency-settings box in Ubuntu Studio Installer doesn’t achieve that.
  • How does one enter lowlatency mode on the new generic kernel?

Relevant System Information

Ubuntu desktop 26.04.1 LTS
Ubuntu Studio installed with ubuntustudio-lowlatency-settings and ubuntustudio-performancetweaks

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The 6.8 kernel is not supported on 26.04. You should start using the 7.0 kernel.

That’s correct. You’ll do it manually by uninstalling linux-lowlatency.

See https://ubuntustudio.org/audio-configuration/

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Awesome, this is very helpful. Thanks for the quick response :heart:

For others following along, I had to sudo apt remove linux-image-6.8.0-142-lowlatency

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