Kernel 4.8.11 for Ubuntu Linux Systems released. Here’s how to upgrade or install Linux Kernel 4.8.11 on Ubuntu Systems. Linux Kernel 4.8.11 brings various improvements for Wireless, AMDGPU Drivers and AArch64. For ALSA, it brings new fixes such as:
ALSA: hda – add a new condition to check if it is thinkpad
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix use-after-free of usb_device at disconnect
ALSA: hda – Fix mic regression by ASRock mobo fixup
Anouncing the release of the 4.8.11 kernel, Greg said that all users of the 4.8 kernel series must upgrade. 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/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
On 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.8.11 on 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems:
Download the .deb packages.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-headers-4.8.11-040811_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-headers-4.8.11-040811-generic_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_i386.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-image-4.8.11-040811-generic_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.11*.deb linux-image-4.8.11*.deb
$ sudo reboot
On 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 4.8.11 on 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-headers-4.8.11-040811_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-headers-4.8.11-040811-generic_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.11/linux-image-4.8.11-040811-generic_4.8.11-040811.201611260431_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8.11*.deb linux-image-4.8.11*.deb
$ sudo reboot