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I need some features in the Linux Kernel 4.5. It would be great if there is coming any support for it soon. I am interested in how you can upgrade 16.04 to Linux kernel 4.5?

How to Upgrade 16.04 Ubuntu's kernel to 4.5?

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You can install any kernel to any version of Ubuntu from Mainline Kernel PPA

The 4.5 kernel will not be included in Ubuntu repositories.

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How is the support? What will break? – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Apr 17 '16 at 20:08
    
There is no support from canonical. But it is very unlikely that anything will "break". – Pilot6 Apr 17 '16 at 20:08
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worst thing that could happen is a kernel panic, but, but as long you not remove the older kernel you always can go back and uninstall the newer kernel. – Videonauth Apr 17 '16 at 20:38
    
What does that mean, 4.5. will not be included in rep. I hope we will get an update to 4.5 or 4.6 with 16.04.1 (when ever it will be released). – user157697 Jun 19 '16 at 13:01
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As of the time of writing this (December 2016) you can simply install the package linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge to get kernel 4.8.

According to the package description, this will always keep your Ubuntu 16.04 machine up to date with "the latest generic kernel image available".

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