Install Kernel 4.10.6 - stable in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and Linux Mint 18.1 serena
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.
Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today the general availability of new maintenance updates for the long-term supported Linux 4.4 and 4.9 kernel series, as well as the latest Linux 4.10 kernel.
Linux 4.10.6, 4.9.18 LTS, and 4.4.57 LTS are now the most advanced builds of the stable kernel branches mentioned above, and they're here only five days after the release of their previous maintenance updates, namely Linux kernel 4.10.5, Linux kernel 4.9.17 LTS, and Linux kernel 4.4.56 LTS.
These are small patches changing 31 files (with 188 insertions and 114 deletions) for Linux kernel 4.10.6, 28 files (with 169 insertions and 116 deletions) for Linux kernel 4.9.18 LTS, and 38 files (with 192 insertions and 179 deletions) for Linux kernel 4.4.57 LTS.
"I'm announcing the release of the 4.10.6 [4.9.18 and 4.4.57] kernel. All users of the 4.10 [4.9 and 4.4] kernel series must upgrade. The updated git trees can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.10.y, git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.y, and git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y," said Greg Kroah-Hartman.
"Coming soon to a GNU/Linux distro near you"
According to the appended shortlogs of each of the three kernel updates released today, most of the changes are updated drivers for things like SCSI, ISDN, CPUfreq, GPU (AMDGPU), HV, ACPI, PINCTRL, USB, and MD. The PA-RISC, PowerPC (PPC), s390, and x86 architectures also received a few improvements, along with the EXT4, GFS2, and NFS filesystems.
As expected, the usual core kernel and mm changes are also present in all of them. If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the long-term supported Linux 4.4 or 4.9 kernel series, or the more advanced Linux 4.10 branch, you are urged to update to versions 4.10.6, 4.9.18 and 4.4.57 as soon as possible.
How to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.10.6 stable on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS
To Install/Update and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.10.6 stable on Ubuntu 16.10 yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:Ubuntu 32 bit :
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006-generic_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-image-4.10.6-041006-generic_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_i386.deb
Ubuntu 64 bit :
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006-generic_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-image-4.10.6-041006-generic_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_amd64.deb
Lowlatency Kernel 32 bit :
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006-lowlatency_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-image-4.10.6-041006-lowlatency_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_i386.deb
Lowlatency Kernel 64 bit :
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-headers-4.10.6-041006-lowlatency_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10.6/linux-image-4.10.6-041006-lowlatency_4.10.6-041006.201703260832_amd64.deb
Update and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.10.6 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
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
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.
