Kernel 4.4 RC2 for Ubuntu. How to install Linux Kernel 4.4 RC2 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. Linux Kernel 4.4 RC2 has been released with updated drivers and few enhancements.
Terminal commands to install Kernel 4.4 RC2 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other Ubuntu Derivative systems, both 32 bit and 64 bit Systems. Please note that you must download and install the i386 debs for 32 bit systems and the amd64 packages for 64 bit systems.
Install Kernel 4.4 RC2 on 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-image-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb
Install Kernel 4.4 RC2 on 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.4 on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-headers-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4-rc2+cod1-wily/linux-image-4.4.0-040400rc2-generic_4.4.0-040400rc2.201511231054_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb
Uninstall Kernel 4.4 RC2 from Ubuntu Systems
If you wish to uninstall and remove the Linux Kernel 4.4 from Ubuntu and derivative systems, run the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.4* linux-image-4.4*