Install / Update Linux Kernel 4.20 RC3 on Ubuntu (18.04/18.10) and Linux Mint Derivatives

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.

Linux 4.20-rc3 Kernel Released

Linus Torvalds just announced the release of Linux 4.20-rc3 as his weekly test release update to the in-development Linux 4.20.

Linus reported there is nothing unusual about 4.20-rc3, just some delayed pulls due to his travels this week around the Linux Plumbers Conference. There doesn't appear to be any really notable changes/fixes.

There isn't anything new pertaining to the STIBP work I have been covering a lot the past few days, though there is a last minute change around the ARM big.LITTLE Spectre code though nothing major.

Hopefully the "lite" STIBP option will be reviewed and deemed ready to merge in the week ahead. More Linux 4.20 benchmarks forthcoming.

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Update / Upgrade Linux Kernel 4.20 RC3 on Ubuntu System :

To install/update Linux Kernel 4.20 RC3 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Linux Mint 19.1, Elementary OS 5 'Juno', Peppermint, Deepin 15.7, Linux Lite 4.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-headers-4.20.0-042000rc3_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_all.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-headers-4.20.0-042000rc3-generic_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-headers-4.20.0-042000rc3-lowlatency_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-image-unsigned-4.20.0-042000rc3-generic_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-image-unsigned-4.20.0-042000rc3-lowlatency_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-modules-4.20.0-042000rc3-generic_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb \\ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20-rc3/linux-modules-4.20.0-042000rc3-lowlatency_4.20.0-042000rc3.201811182231_amd64.deb