Updating the Kernel on Ubuntu

You can update Ubuntu to the latest kernel very easily using apt-get.
To generate a list of available kernels run…

This will create an extensive list on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, so I have picked out the latest to give three examples…

Depending on which version you would like to install, run one of these commands…

linux-image-3.19.0-58-generic…

linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic…

linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic…

And reboot your server.

You can then run…

To clean up any old images, it may not find any right away, but you will be reminded at a later date.