{"id":44271,"date":"2023-08-28T15:40:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44271"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:16:55","slug":"linux-kernel-6-5-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/linux-kernel-6-5-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Kernel 6.5 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linus Torvalds announced the release of Kernel 6.5 this Sunday. He <a href=\"https:\/\/lkml.org\/lkml\/2023\/8\/27\/348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So nothing particularly odd or scary happened this last week, so thereis no excuse to delay the 6.5 release.<\/p>\n<p>I still have this nagging feeling that a lot of people are on vacation and that things have been quiet partly due to that. But this release has been going smoothly, so that&#8217;s probably just me being paranoid. The biggest patches this last week were literally just to our selftests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Linux Kernel 6.5 features enhanced load balancing for Intel hybrid CPUs, Intel SoundWire ACE2.x support, and new meteor Lake-S driver.<\/p>\n<p>For AMD, it now uses AMD P-State driver by default rather than CPUFreq for Zen 2 and newer systems, and support Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem for AMD Ryzen 7000 series.<\/p>\n<p>The AMDGPU driver enabled FreeSync video mode by default, got performance improvements and power saving optimizations.<\/p>\n<p>The release also improved LoongArch support with Simultaneous Multi-Threading, SIMD\/Vector Extensions. Added support for the Alibaba T-Head TH1520 RISC-V 64-bit processor, and IBM POWER10 received DEXCR support.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Kernel 6.5 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainline support for the Acer Aspire 1 Arm laptop, Sony Xperia M4 Aqua phone.<\/li>\n<li>Enable new Permission Indirection Extensions for Armv8.9<\/li>\n<li>Open-source driver support for Adreno 690 that found in Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop.<\/li>\n<li>Mediatek Vcodec driver has added support for AV1 and HEVC\/H.265 stateless video codecs.<\/li>\n<li>Much faster parallel direct I\/O overwrite on EXT4.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Xbox controller rumble support<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for USB4 v2.<\/li>\n<li>MIDI 2.0 support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Linux Kernel 6.5 in Ubuntu<\/h3>\n<p>As usual, the mainline Kernel PPA build the packages available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v6.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Kernel 6.5 (.deb)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Sadly, this build only installs in Ubuntu 23.10 due to dependency updates<\/b>. For modern <strong>64-bit (x86_64)<\/strong> PC\/laptop, select download the amd64 build packages:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>linux-headers-6.5.0-060500-xxxxxx_all.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-headers-6.5.0-060500-generic_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-modules-6.5.0-060500-generic_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-image-unsigned-6.5.0-060500-generic_xxx_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After downloading them, right click on blank area in Downloads page and select &#8220;Open in Terminal&#8221;. Finally, install the kernel packages via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install .\/linux*.deb<\/pre>\n<p>For\u00a0<b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, Kernel 6.5 is available to install by running <code>sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d<\/code> command in terminal.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ubuntu 20.04<\/b> user can install it through the new <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/install-latest-kernel-new-repository\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zabbly repository<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linus Torvalds announced the release of Kernel 6.5 this Sunday. He wrote: So nothing particularly odd or scary happened this last week, so thereis no excuse to delay the 6.5 release. I still have this nagging feeling that a lot of people are on vacation and that things have been quiet partly due to that. 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