Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.8.7. How to install Linux Kernel 4.8.7 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint Systems. Linux Kernel 4.8.7 comes with various improvements and fixes, a total of 122 files, with 1096 insertions and 541 deletions.
The Linux Kernel 4.8.7 brings an updated drivers for Intel i915 and Radeon GPUs and also for wireless and Android. In terms of file and architecture changes, Linux Kernel 4.8.7 brings a few improvements to the Btrfs, NFS and XFS filesystems.
“I’m announcing the release of the 4.8.7 kernel. All users of the 4.8 kernel series must upgrade,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman. “The updated 4.8.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.8.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 Kernel 4.8.7 on 32 Bit Systems
Run the following commands in terminal to install Kernel 4.8.7 on 32 Bit Linux Ubuntu Systems:
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.7*.deb linux-image-4.8.7*.deb
$ sudo reboot
Install Kernel 4.8.7 on 64 Bit Systems
Run the following commands in terminal to install Kernel 4.8.7 on 64 Bit Linux Ubuntu Systems:
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-headers-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.7/linux-image-4.8.7-040807-generic_4.8.7-040807.201611101131_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.7*.deb linux-image-4.8.7*.deb
$ sudo reboot