The Linux Kernel 3.18-RC1 is now available for the users, announced Linus Torvalds. This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.18-RC1 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.
Installation
For 32-Bit Systems
Download the .deb packages.
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-headers-3.18.0-031800rc1_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_all.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-headers-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_i386.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-image-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.18*.deb linux-image-3.18*.deb
sudo reboot
For 64-Bit Systems
Download the .deb packages.
To uninstall,
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-headers-3.18.0-031800rc1_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_all.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-headers-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_amd64.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18-rc1-utopic/linux-image-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic_3.18.0-031800rc1.201410192135_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.18*.deb linux-image-3.18*.deb
sudo reboot
To uninstall,
sudo apt-get remove 'linux-headers-3.18*' 'linux-image-3.18*'
Just a warning. Tried this on Debian Sid, as usually most packages from Ubuntu behave with it, and it is not bootable. Drops me to initramfs prompt and no solution yet. Had a badly convuluted compile of 3.18 but at least it booted. So I may go that route again without the Debian config applied and see if it works better. Damn, I really want the driver improvements for Radeon, but this is the first kernel I had major issues getting to run correctly.
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