The Long Term Support Linux Kernel 3.10 now is at its 27th updates. Greg Kroah-Hartman announced this release on January 15 and urged users of this Kernel series to upgrade as soon as possible.
Linux Kernel 3.10.27 is a small release which brings various improvements to x86, ARM architectures and some network fixes. See the changelog for details.
Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.27:
The Ubuntu Kernel Team has made the DEB packages available in this page. If you’re comfortable with Linux commands, follow the below steps to download & install them.
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run commands to download the DEBs:
For 32 bit system:
cd /tmp/ && wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.27-031027-generic_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_i386.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.27-031027_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-image-3.10.27-031027-generic_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_i386.deb
For 64 bit system:
cd /tmp/ && wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.27-031027-generic_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_amd64.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.27-031027_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.27-saucy/linux-image-3.10.27-031027-generic_3.10.27-031027.201401151935_amd64.deb
2. Install the Kernel:
cd /tmp/ && sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.10.27-*.deb linux-image-3.10.27-*.deb
Restart your computer and done.
If you’re using a proprietary video driver, you may need to re-build or re-install to get it work with the new kernel.
If for some reason this kernel release doesn’t work properly for you, reboot into previous kernel (Grub -> Advanced -> select previous kernel) and run commands to remove Linux Kernel 3.10.26:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-3.10.27-* linux-image-3.10.27-*
