Installation karnel 5.6 Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Kernel 5.6 It was officially released. Here is a simple tutorial on installing it in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Made with just a few steps.
Go to the directory /tmp and charge the pack karnel:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | cd /tmp/ wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.6/linux-headers-5.6.0-050600_5.6.0-050600.202003292333_all.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.6/linux-headers-5.6.0-050600-generic_5.6.0-050600.202003292333_amd64.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.6/linux-image-unsigned-5.6.0-050600-generic_5.6.0-050600.202003292333_amd64.deb wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.6/linux-modules-5.6.0-050600-generic_5.6.0-050600.202003292333_amd64.deb |
unpack:
1 | sudo dpkg -i *.deb |
Restart the computer and the new karnel should be automatically loaded.
Kernel 5.6 is not available in Mint Update manager for a reason. Once I installed 5.6 my WiFi stopped working 🙁