How to Upgrade Linux Kernel in Ubuntu 16.04 Server | Linux Today

How to Upgrade Linux Kernel in Ubuntu 16.04 Server

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Muhammad Arul
Jun 1, 2017

In this tutorial, I will show you how to upgrade the Ubuntu kernel to use the latest mainline kernel build provided by the Ubuntu kernel Team. I will be using Ubuntu 16.04.2 Xenial Xerus with default kernel version 4.4 as basis upgrade it to the 4.11.2 kernel version.

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Muhammad Arul

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