{"id":48205,"date":"2025-02-24T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48205"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:31:00","slug":"install-kernel-6-8-ubuntu-24-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/02\/install-kernel-6-8-ubuntu-24-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install the Original Kernel 6.8 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Want to downgrade the Linux Kernel to the original GA (General Availability) Kernel 6.8 in Ubuntu 24.04? Here’s how to do the job step by step.<\/p>\n

Since Ubuntu 24.04.2, the LTS by default ships with HWE kernel 6.11, which will be updated to the newer kernel series for the next point releases. However, the original Kernel 6.8 is always easy to install back.<\/p>\n

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Install the GA Kernel 6.8 in Ubuntu 24.04<\/h3>\n

The original kernel is provided by the linux-image-generic<\/code> package in system main repository.<\/p>\n

Simply, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up a terminal window. Then, run command to install the package:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install linux-image-generic<\/pre>\n
NOTE: running sudo command will ask to input user password for authentication. There’s no visual feedback while inputting password, just type in mind and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Configure to boot Kernel 6.8 by default<\/h3>\n
After running the command above in last step, you should now have Linux Kernel 6.8. However, it won’t boot with that kernel as you also have higher kernels installed.<\/p>\n
To boot the original kernel 6.8 by default, you have 2 choices:<\/p>\n