Upgrade Your Ubuntu Kernel

One of the frustrations of an easy install from one CD is that regardless of your processor, you will get a generic kernel that may not be well suited for your hardware. This tutorial shows you how to upgrade from the generic kernel that is designed for the Desktop to a kernel that provides better use of a higher end CPU.

Installing a New Kernel The first point to make is that you should not upgrade your kernel, you should install a new one. That way you will have both the old kernel, that you know works, and the new kernel. As root open Synaptic Package Manager from the Administration menu. You will see that you have the generic kernel installed already after doing a search for linux-image.

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