Update kernel on Ubuntu

2014-10-18

To update your kernel version run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
apt-cache showpkg linux-headers

You will see the list of available kernels. Choose the kernel version you want and run:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.0-26 linux-headers-3.8.0-26-generic linux-image-3.8.0-26-generic --fix-missing