Upgrading Kernel

[billhedrick]

My install of Ultimate Edition 3.5 has the 3.2.0-48 generic-pae 32 Bit kernal, My 3.4.1 has 3.5 something kernal. Is there an advantage to upgrading the kernal, and if so how do I do it?

[ryanvade]

The newest kernel has speed improvements, bug fixes, more hardware support, security fixes, stability improvements, new functions, and more. I always use the most up to date kernel. (3.10-rc6 as of right now. Not stable, but the newest).

Ubuntu normally releases kernel updates every once in a while, and definitely whenever there is a new release. Of course, Ultimate Edition should not be upgraded so this is not a good method. The official way to upgrade on Ubuntu is to go to
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
and install like any other program. All of these would be needed if on a 64bit distro:

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linux-headers-VERSION-NUMBER_all.deb
linux-headers-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb
linux-image-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb
linux-image-extra-VERSION-NUMBER_amd64.deb   # if available

However, most users configure, make and install themselves. I always do. IF you want to do this:
1. dowload from kernel.org
3.9.7 Latest Stable
2. extract to a good folder. Official is in in the README.
3. cd to kernel folder
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make mrproper

this cleans the code
5. copy the current config from /boot to .config (hidden file) in the root of the kernel directory
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make silentdefoldconfig

this will use the current .config and update it to the new kernel using the default options
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make

this will actually make the kernel. * use the -j # where # is the number of jobs you want to start. A safe number is the number of cores you have.
8. This is where things get tricky. You can either make a .deb or install normally.

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sudo make modules_install install

IN THIS ORDER
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sudo update-grub

update grub file
10. Reboot and enjoy
11. You may need to reinstall/update Nvidia/ATI drivers. dkms will hopefully help you do that:

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sudo dkms autoinstall

Also:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9038
https://www.ultimateeditionoz.com/forum ... =23&t=4806