I am just curious when we can get at least kernel 5.1 in the installer because for people like me with the new Dell precision 7540 that came factory with Ubuntu we have the intel ax200 wifi6 and the wireless does not work on anything older than kernel "5.1" I am pretty sure. I want so bad to install KDE Neon but I can not figure out how to make my wireless work since it is the only type of connection I have at the place I live. The laptop came with Ubuntu but as you know it was an OEM iso and I do not use gnome desktop at all because I love KDE. Please help. Is there a maybe a testing iso I could use to get it installed. what are my options other than not use KDE neon. Thanks in advance. One other thing the kernel the installer is using does seem to be fairly old.

KDE Neon doesn't have Kernel 5.1 in the repos yet, but if you can get an Ethernet connection somehow (maybe at the library), you can update your system post-install. Perhaps that will work? If not, you could try building and installing 5.1...

Alternatively, you could just get a WiFi dongle

What version of Ubuntu did it come with? Perhaps Dell has its own repos for OEM drivers for it?

Being based off of Ubuntu 18.04, Neon will get a later kernel when Ubuntu adds it, which it should once it adds the Eoan 19.10 kernel to the LTS repos (5.3 iirc). This is scheduled for February, when 18.04.4 is released, though one can at some point before then install the so-called 'hwe-edge' kernel to get it earlier, but I see no schedule for that. linux-generic-hwe-18.04-edge iirc. This at the moment is the same version as the stock LTS kernel (5.0).

You could always try a mainline kernel, though if you have Nvidia, these likely may not work with the proprietary drivers.

I have 4.15.0-1057-oem

josh@josh-Precision-7540:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (whitehaven-mlk X67)
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

I just wanted to use a Ubuntu based OS so I could kind get the same packages since it does run great but like I said I don't use gnome desktop. I did not get the nvidia instead I went with the AMD just for the sake of simplicity in Linux. i do not run anything normally but KDE. I see also dell has the AMD PRO driver installed but I would like to get away from that if possible and use the normal amdgpu drivers with modesetting for intel. I like simple. Is there a KDE neon developers edition with a newer kernel Ok I have a question. What if I install without wifi but I use my other PC and download a newer kernel and say I can't do this with neon but maybe Kbuntu can I not install it once I have it just settings say in my downloads folder???

Neon has whatever kernel Ubuntu 18.04 has, no matter which version you get.
You really should just install Kubuntu 19.10, which has the newer kernel out of the box. You can at least run the live desktop session beforehand to make sure the wifi is working before you do the install. It is in final pre-release stages, and is actually due to be released in a couple of days.

Sure, you can download the needed mainline kernel files to a USB stick, and manually install them (probably just double-clicking on each file), there are dozens and dozens of url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds]how-tos on that[/url], but being a mainline kernel, you do risk not having full hardware support. However, luckily you can always boot to previous kernels using Grub's boot menu.

Yea that is not possible because then I can not install my AMD Radeon Pro drivers. I think they are only available for LTS release so as of now I have a Ubuntu certified laptop that can only install and run properly one desktop because if I get a newer kernel in Kubuntu then I can not install the proper packages. Any ideas are welcome for sure. I can install it for sure that way but unless I am missing something the drivers I need are not available. I am coming from Arch and I bought this PC thinking hey if it will work in Ubuntu surely I can make it work in Arch but seems I am gonna be better running Ubuntu based OS's on this PC which I have no problem with other than it just being new to me and a lot of it is totally different and seems harder to use after the install than I am used to but that is most likely just because I have been on Arch for some years. This is an Ubuntu certified laptop with Ubuntu from the factory but it has oem kernel with oem tweaks. I have a package list copied so that I can kinda go from there although I would like to be able seperate the gnome and Ubuntu packages from just the base Ubuntu stuff but I see no easy way to do that either.I can see where they installed a driver for the wifi in the oem kernel.