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Updating Ubuntu Kernel

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This quick tutorial will show you how to update the Ubuntu kernel to a newer version. Now you might ask yourself how will we get a newer kernel without compiling it? The easiest answer to that question is, we don't. The guys over at Canonical compile newer kernels for the latest mainstream release of their distro. They keep these stashed away in the kernel sub-domain of their website.

 

Kernel Archive

(Changes)

 

As you can see, the latest stable release is 4.0 for Vivid. Now how do we update our kernel to this version? Simple, we download and install the .deb files it like any other.

 


Ubuntu i386

Install


sudo dpkg -i linux-*-4.0.0*


Validation


To verify that the kernel is in fact installed, reboot and run the follow command.

uname -r

This method should work for newer kernels as well. Tho be careful these kernels aren't tested to work with previous versions of Ubuntu.

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