How to install Kernel 4.8 rc2 on Ubuntu 16.04

   Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds.

The diffstat for rc2 looks unusual, in that only about 1/6th is drivers (normally drivers account for about half the bulk of the updates). Instead, it's dominated by arch updates, and fs/ and mm/. But that's most likely just because the fixes to the bigger driver areas haven't started trickling in yet - rc2 tends to be a quiet period after the craziness that is the merge window.
Installation instructions:

How to install Kernel 4.8 rc2 on 32 bit Ubuntu 16.04:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_all.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_i386.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb $ sudo reboot

How to install Kernel 4.8 rc2 on 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04:


Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp $ wget \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_all.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_amd64.deb \ kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb $ sudo reboot

Check Kernel version:

$ uname -r

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.8* linux-image-4.8*