Ubuntu16.04 update the kernel-using more than 4.6 of the kernel will make the Dell computer with a card faster-and uninstall excess kernel, ubuntu16.044.6

Ubuntu16.04 update the kernel-using more than 4.6 of the kernel will make the Dell computer with a card faster-and uninstall excess kernel, ubuntu16.044.6

Tips: I am a Dell a-card computer. I feel less fluent than fedora when using 16.04 desktop. Later I manually upgraded to the 4.6.2 kernel and found that I can perform smooth operations with fedora and windows desktops.

I have tried the development version 4.7 kernel, and there will be some errors, the stable version has not been released, so we recommend using the latest stable version 4.6.2 kernel, very smooth.

New Features of Linux kernel 4.6

• Open source support for GTX 900 series graphics cards
• More energy-saving AHCI power management support
• Improvements to DELL laptop support
• 32-bit Linux applications provide better security
• Support for various open-source AMD graphics card drivers
• Some new ARM hardware support.

Download Linux Kernel 4.6.2

Download the corresponding software package (i386-32-bit or amd64-64-bit) based on your computer system hardware (I am an AMD ):

• Linux-headers-4.6.2-040602-generic_4.6.2-040602.201606100516_amd64.deb
• Linux-headers-4.6.2-040602_4.6.2-040602.201606100516_all.deb
• Linux-image-4.6.2-040602-generic_4.6.2-040602.201606100516_amd64.deb

Place the three deb packages that are suitable for your computer in one folder and run sudo dpkg-I *. deb to complete the installation.

Delete unnecessary kernels from the computer: (restart first)

1. view the list of kernel versions in the system:

sudo dpkg --get-selections |grep linux

2. Check the kernel version used by the Ubuntu system.

uname -a 

3. Remove excess kernel: sudo apt purge linux-headers-4.4.0-27 linux-image-4.4.0-27-generic