I use the latest kernel available for linux Mint, which has been linux of choice after trying about 5 different distros.
Thanks.

I run Kubuntu 14.04 updated as the new updates come out. May give 18.04 a try when time allows.

I hardly know the difference among them. I once had computer whose mother board had an audio glitch. Some kernels sidestepped that issue, most did not. But the problem was the mother board. Doing research, I found that even Windows had a problem with it. Now I have a Zareason computer. For over 3 years, every Linux kernel sails perfectly and equally well.

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My favourite release is the one I am using.

My first LINUX install was called “Slackware”. It was the hardest one I’ve ever had to install. I understood “nothing” about the install, and finally was able to get it up and running. Later, while trying to locate a version of RedHat, I was sent a CD for SuSE LINUX by mistake. I fell in love with this release!

Today, OpenSuSE is still by far the easiest release to manage. Even the admin can be done by CLI (command line) using a menu system ... much faster and easier. I still prefer to learn things via commands, so I can put them into shell scripts, so LINUX Mint has been my favorite release of choice to date, and I am currently trying to decide what to switch to ... OpenSuSE, or stay with LINUX Mint. I like Ubuntu, but I had that Unity thing and spend half of my time trying to get rid of it and go back to their earlier layout used in the releases near 10.x

The one thing I do like is the commonality between Ubuntu, LINUX Mint, etc. where your install commands are the same. THis makes the learning curve MUCH easier!

I'd suggest you might want to try tumbleweed, then. It is really polished and not at all prone to breaking down even though it is close to cutting edge .

While a Linux distro includes a kernel; isn't this thread about "your favourite Linux kernel release" ?

More to point: isn't there several different versions of Linux kernel's that are a part of a given distro, over a major version release cycle ?

In other words: just saying the distro and version of, doesn't say which kernel version you like.

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If this is related to my last post -- tumbleweed always gets the latest kernel with the actual SUSE patches. Mine is something like 4.20.6-1 I belive. Updated the day before yesterday.

No JZL240I-U, it wasn't just related to your last post. There's been a number of posts before that, that don't say much if anything about the actual kernel version, but just talk about specific distro's, rather than the actual kernel versions involved. I wasn't trying to be rude to anyone, it was just like "well if this thread is supposed to be about which kernel version people liked, then it hardly seems like it is", that's all. It wasn't aimed at anyone in particular, just a general comment.

I see. Oh, and no offense taken. As to the kernel Version(s), I think the developers generally and steadily improve the kernel. That's one of the reasons I use tumbleweed which is a well tested quasi rolling release with always the latest kernel. Especially handy for notebooks and energy saving features.

The Linux kernel is probably one of the few things I could honestly say something like "I've never installed a Linux kernel version that I've found or experienced any major bugs in/with" about. In all honestly, I'm struggling to think of even just one version of it that I've even found any minor or slightly annoying bugs/flaws in. They do a really good job with keeping it very stable and reliable, I must say.

Probably slackware because it was the first time I had seen another OS really besides Mac and Windows and was able to use it

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Slackware isn't a kernel. This thread is about favorite kernels.

To answer this question, you need to go through all versions of the kernel starting from 1.0 - 5.2. when I do, I can answer. I think it will happen soon

4.13.0-45. From all of the other kernels I tried, this is the only one that works most reliable and stable without raping my CPU and raising its temperature.