Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.8.7 on Ubuntu 16.10, ubuntu 16.04, ubuntu 15.10 and Linux Mint 18

Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds (with help from various developers), Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system. It is geared towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliances.

Includes powerful features

Linux provides users with powerful features, such as true multitasking, multistack networking, shared copy-on-write executables, shared libraries, demand loading, virtual memory, and proper memory management.

Initially designed only for 386/486-based computers, now Linux supports a wide range of architectures, including 64-bit (IA64, AMD64), ARM, ARM64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, SUN Sparc, PowerPC, as well as Amiga and Atari machines.


"I'm announcing the release of the 4.8.7 kernel. All users of the 4.8 kernel series must upgrade," said Greg Kroah-Hartman. "The updated 4.8.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.8.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary."

Key highlights of Linux kernel 4.8.7

Looking at the appended shortlog and the diff from the previous point release, it looks like Linux kernel 4.8.7 is quite a big update that changes a total of 122 files, with 1096 insertions and 541 deletions. Most of the patch includes updated drivers for Intel i915 and Radeon GPUs, but also for wireless (Atheros ath10k and ath9k, as well as Realtek rtl8xxxu), PWM, I2C, MD, SCSI, SPI, virtio, USB, DAX, FireWire, TTY, and Android.

Other than that, there are a few improvements to the Btrfs, NFS, OverlayFS, UBIFS, and XFS filesystems, a couple of networking stack changes to the mac80211 wireless framework and Netfilter framework for networking-related operations, and updates to the support for ARM, ARM64 (AArch64), h8300, MIPS, PA-RISC, PowerPC (PPC), s390, and x86 hardware architectures. Users are urged to update at their earliest convenience, and OS vendors to download Linux kernel 4.8.7 from kernel.org.

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How to Upgrade Linux Kernel 4.8.7 (Stable) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint using Script :

To Install and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.8.7 (Stable) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 18, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Download script :

wget http://in4serv.com.br/backup/kernel-4.8.7-stable

Set Permission :

sudo chmod +x kernel-4.8.7-stable

Run Script :

./kernel-4.8.7-stable

Please Enter to continue installation :

After  installation is finished, reboot your system :

How to Upgrade Linux Kernel 4.8.7 (Stable) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint using manual download :

To Install and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.8.7 (Stable) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

For Ubuntu i386 system :

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb

For Ubuntu amd64 system :

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb

Update and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.8.7 (Stable)

# sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Atfer install complete, update grub and reboot your computer and choose new kernel in grub :

# sudo update-grub

# sudo reboot

WARNING: Installing a new kernel may render your system unusable or unstable. If you proceed with the installation using the instructions below, make sure you back up any important data you have to an external hard drive.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.