sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ date
Wed Dec 6 05:16:27 EST 2017
Disable service in Ubuntu 14
apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
update-rc.d apache2 disable
Kernel Changelogs:
https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxVersions
4.xhttps://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.15
Linux 4.15 will be Released 14/21 January 2018
Linux 4.14 Released 12 November, 2017 (70 days)
Linux 4.13 Released 3 September, 2017 (63 days)
Linux 4.12 Released 2 July, 2017 (63 days)
Linux 4.11 Released 30 April, 2017 (70 days)
Linux 4.10 Released 19 February, 2017 (70 days)
Linux 4.9 Released 11 December, 2016 (70 days)
Linux 4.8 Released 2 October, 2016 (70 days)
Linux 4.7 Released 24 July, 2016 (70 days)
Linux 4.6 Released 15 May, 2016 (63 days)
Linux 4.5 Released 13 March, 2016 (63 days)
Linux 4.4 Released 10 January, 2016 (70 days)
Linux 4.3 Released 1 November, 2015 (63 days)
Linux 4.2 Released 30 August, 2015 (70 days)
Linux 4.1 Released 21 June, 2015 (70 days)
Linux 4.0 Released 12 April, 2015 (63 days)
06-dec-2017
Linux 4.15 has not been released. Meanwhile, you can read about it here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0b60bfa952458286f43a63c07b0eea170b2cc95
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ uname -sr
Linux 4.10.0-28-generic
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$
Update to current Distro
Ubuntu 16.04.05 LTS (dec 2017) has:
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ uname -srAnother example (Proxmox 5.1)
Linux 4.10.0-28-generic
root@cvm65:~# uname -r
4.13.4-1-pve
Let's update it
root@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~# apt update
root@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~# apt upgrade -y
root@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~# reboot
Result is kernel update, but anyway old enough:
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ uname -sr
Linux 4.10.0-40-generic
Update to latest Kernel
Manual update
1) Go here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
2) Download 3 (maybe 4) debs to a folder somewhere:
mkdir kernel
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.14/linux-headers-4.14.0-041400_4.14.0-041400.201711122031_all.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.14/linux-headers-4.14.0-041400-generic_4.14.0-041400.201711122031_amd64.deb
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.14/linux-image-4.14.0-041400-generic_4.14.0-041400.201711122031_amd64.deb
3) cd /path/to/folder/where/you/put/the/debs
dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg -i linux-*.deb
update-grub
reboot now
Script update
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/muhasturk/ukupgrade/master/ukupgrade > ukupgrade
chmod +x ./ukupgrade
!! Edit ./ukupgrade, because it contains reboot after update!!./ukupgrade
Remove old kernel
Current kernel installed
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ uname -rRemove it
4.14.0-041400-lowlatency
dpkg -l | grep linuxCurrent kernel:
apt-get remove linux-headers-4.14.0-041400-lowlatency
apt-get remove linux-image-4.14.0-041400-lowlatency
apt autoremove
update-grub
reboot now
sc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$ uname -sr
Linux 4.14.0-041400-genericsc@ubuntu-16-04-lts:~$