How to install Linux kernel 5.7 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Kernel 5.7 a few days ago. To install on 64-bit Ubuntu and Linux Mint:
What’s new Linux 5.7 include:
- Immediate support for Intel Tiger Lake “Gen12” graphics.
- AMD Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” mobile graphics support
- Samsung’s new exFAT driver
- Apple USB Fast Charge support
- Zstd compression support for F2FS file system.
How to install Linux kernel 5.7 on Ubuntu:
of Mainline kernel Do not include any drivers or patches provided by Ubuntu. These are not supported and not suitable for production use
The mainline kernel package for Linux 5.7 (64-bit only) can be downloaded from the link below.
select generic
For a typical system lowlatency
For low latency systems (eg audio recording):
- linux-headers-5.7.0-xxxxxx_all.deb
- linux-headers-5.7.0-xxx-generic (/ lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
- linux-modules-5.7.0-xxx-generic (/ lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
- linux-image-xxx-5.7.0-xxx-generic (/ lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
Alternatively, you can use the terminal command to download and install the kernel binaries (Ctrl + Alt + T will open the terminal).
cd /tmp/ wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7/linux-headers-5.7.0-050700_5.7.0-050700.202005312130_all.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7/linux-headers-5.7.0-050700-generic_5.7.0-050700.202005312130_amd64.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7/linux-image-unsigned-5.7.0-050700-generic_5.7.0-050700.202005312130_amd64.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.7/linux-modules-5.7.0-050700-generic_5.7.0-050700.202005312130_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Once installed, restart your computer and enjoy!
Uninstall Linux Kernel 5.7.
Reboot the machine and select “Boot with previous kernel” in “Grub2-> Advanced Option for Ubuntu” in the boot menu. Then run the command to remove Linux kernel 5.7.
sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-unsigned-5.7.0-050700-generic
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