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Last Updated on January 15, 2019 by admin
Insight: Install Linux Kernel 5.0 RC1 On Ubuntu / Linux Mint
Linux kernel 5.0 RC1 is out for download. It has various features like support for the Nvidia RTX Turing GPUs. AMD FreeSync and Raspberry Pi touchscreen support also have been added in Linux kernel 5.0 RC1. NXP PowerPC processors are finally getting Spectre V2 patches.
Install Linux Kernel 5.0 RC1 On Ubuntu / Linux Mint
You can use this method to install Linux Kernel 5.0 RC1 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Linux Mint 19.1, Elementary OS 5 ‘Juno’ and other Ubuntu based operating systems.
Open a terminal and run the following commands:
wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc1_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_all.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc1-generic_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-headers-5.0.0-050000rc1-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-image-unsigned-5.0.0-050000rc1-generic_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-image-unsigned-5.0.0-050000rc1-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-modules-5.0.0-050000rc1-generic_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb \\ https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0-rc1/linux-modules-5.0.0-050000rc1-lowlatency_5.0.0-050000rc1.201901062130_amd64.deb
Now, Install kernel 5.0 rc1 on Ubuntu:
sudo dpkg i *.deb
Now, Reboot your Ubuntu operating system with the following command:
sudo rebootYou can check your Linux kernel version by the command below :
uanem -aIf you want to download the Linux kernel 5.0 RC1 source:
