A few days ago Linus Torvalds announced the release of new version 3.3.1 of the Linux Kernel.
The new release brings some fixes and adds new features, among which are better supported with Android (Merge). Improvements for the Btrfs file system: including the redesign of the balance of operations and the introduction Integrity Check. Also lands the new architecture Texas Instruments C6X (TI C6X), improvements and corrections for Open vSwitch and EFI boot. Thanks to the new interface Network Priority Control ,The system administrator can manage the priorities of the traffic network. this page find the changelog of the new Linux Kernel 3.3.1.
As with previous releases, the Ubuntu Kernel Team released packages dedicated to the new version of the Linux Kernel. So here how to install the new Linux Kernel 3.3.1 on Ubuntu and derivatives.
Linux Kernel 3.3.1 for Ubuntu (i386 / 32-bit)
cdLinux Kernel 3.3.1 for Ubuntu (amd64 / 64-bit)
wget -O linux-headers-3.3.1_all.deb http://goo.gl/3rrEL
wget -O linux-headers-3.3.1-generic_i386.deb http://goo.gl/yr9lP
wget -O linux-image-generic_3.3.1_i386.deb http://goo.gl/NF7QP
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
cd
wget -O linux-headers-3.3.1_all.deb http://goo.gl/3rrEL
wget -O linux-headers-generic_3.3.1_amd64.deb http://goo.gl/uIGJP
wget -O linux-image-3.3.1-generic_amd64.deb http://goo.gl/C9zBl
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
After reboot, and we will have to restart the new Linux Kernel 3.3.1 installed in our distribution.
To test the reboot we type in terminal uname-r will show you the kernel version you're using if everything is correct:
To test the reboot we type in terminal uname-r will show you the kernel version you're using if everything is correct:
~$ uname -r
3.3.1-030301-generic
To remove the new Linux Kernel 3.3.1 when installed by the end you just type:
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.3.1-030301-generic
And reboot.
In case of problems with nVidia graphics cards here is a solution to start the terminal and type:
cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.3.1-030301-generic/arch/x86/include
sudo cp -v generated/asm/unistd* ./asm
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