Linux Kernel 5.11 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Linux Kernel 5.11 was released a day ago on Valentine’s Day. Here’ how you can install it in Ubuntu and Linux Mint based systems.

Linus Torvalds announced the Kernel 5.11: “Nothing unexpected or particularly scary happened this week, so here we are – with 5.11 tagged and pushed out.
In fact, it’s a smaller-than-average set of commits from rc7 to final, which makes me happy. And I already have several pull requests lined up for tomorrow, so we’re all set for the merge window to start..”

New features in Linux Kernel 5.11 include:

• Intel Integer Scaling support
• Intel async page flipping support
• Initial support for AMD Green Sardine and Van Gogh APUs
• Intel WiFi 6GHz band support
• NVIDIA RTX 30 “Ampere” Support
• The OUYA game console and other new ARM hardware support
• Improved USB4 and Thunderbolt support
• Sound support for Intel Alder Lake
• Fixed the frequency invariance performance regression for AMD.

How to Install Linux Kernel 5.11:

The Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Archive provides the new kernel packages via DEB files.

[ac-box style=”alert”]The mainline build kernels do not include any Ubuntu-provided drivers or patches. They are not supported and are not appropriate for production use.[/ac-box]

For those prefer using a graphical tool, see this tool to install the latest Kernel.

To manually download the mainline kernel packages for Linux 5.11, go to the link button:

[ac-button style=”flat” color=”tan” size=”large” url=”https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.11/” target=”_blank”]Download Kernel 5.11[/ac-button]

Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio):

1. linux-headers-5.11.0-xxxxxx_all.deb
2. linux-headers-5.11.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
3. linux-modules-5.11.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
4. linux-image-xxx-5.11.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb

Alternatively you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands ( open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T):

cd /tmp/

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.11/amd64/linux-headers-5.11.0-051100_5.11.0-051100.202102142330_all.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.11/amd64/linux-headers-5.11.0-051100-generic_5.11.0-051100.202102142330_amd64.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.11/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.11.0-051100-generic_5.11.0-051100.202102142330_amd64.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.11/amd64/linux-modules-5.11.0-051100-generic_5.11.0-051100.202102142330_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Once installed, restart your computer and enjoy!

Uninstall Linux Kernel 5.11:

Restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in boot menu ‘Grub2 -> Advanced Option for Ubuntu’. Then run command to remove Linux Kernel 5.11:

sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-unsigned-5.11.0-051100-generic