Install Linux Kernel 4.2.3 (Stable) on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04. How to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.2.3 (stable) on Ubuntu Systems.
Linux Kernel 4.2.3 comes with many networking improvements such as open vSwitch and IPv6 Fixes and an updated Networking Drivers. It also brings various Hardware Improvements ARM64 fixes. The release of Linux kernel 4.2.2 was announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
“I’m announcing the release of the 4.2.3 kernel. All users of the 4.2 kernel series must upgrade,” says Greg Kroah-Hartman. “The updated 4.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.2.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.”
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.3 on 32 Bit Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.2.3 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.3-040203_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.3-040203-generic_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-image-4.2.3-040203-generic_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Install Linux Kernel 4.2.3 on 64 Bit Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.2.3 on 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.3-040203_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.3-040203-generic_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.3-unstable/linux-image-4.2.3-040203-generic_4.2.3-040203.201510030832_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb
Uninstall Kernel 4.2.3 From Ubuntu
Run the following commands to uninstall and remove Linux Kernel 4.2.3 from 32 bit / 64 bit Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-header-4.2* linux-image-4.2*