How to upgrade to Kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu11.10 and LinuxMint12|PPA

Linux 3.2 kernel. The new release includes support for ext4 block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1MB, which improve performance with big files; btrfs has been updated with faster scrubbing, automatic backup of critical filesystem metadata and tools for manual inspection of the filesystems; the process scheduler has added support to set upper limits of CPU time; the desktop reponsiveness

in presence of heavy writes has been improved, TCP has been updated to include an algorithm which speeds up the recovery of the connection after lost packets; the profiling tool “perf top” has added support for live inspection of tasks and libraries and see the annotated assembly code; the Device Mapper has added support for ‘thin provisioning’ of storage, and a new architeture has been added: the Hexagon DSP processor from Qualcomm. Other drivers and small improvements and fixes are also available in this release.

To find more  details about the new Linux 3.2 kernel  , please check  this  release notes. The Ubuntu group  has  already an pre compiled version released to make it easy  for newbies

WARNING : We  advise you to make a backup before to start, we  are  not  responsible for  any lose of  data.
We have tested this on one of our Unixmen test server (Peas OS Ubuntu-based)

1- Installation of Kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10 and Mint 12 via PPA:

Open terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:francisbrwn9/kernels
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If  you want to revert the change and back to the previous kernel, you need to install PPA Purge via command:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

Then to remove the ppa via the command:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:francisbrwn9/kernels

2- Via Debian package

To install the new Linux kernel 3.2 on Ubuntu  or  Mint using Debian package, you need to follow these steps:

For Ubuntu/Mint 32BIT

Open terminal and enter the following commands:

cd  mkdir kernel && cd kernel

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-headers-3.2.0-030200_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-headers-3.2.0-030200-generic_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-image-3.2.0-030200-generic-pae_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i *.deb
 

For  Ubuntu/Mint  64BIT

Open terminal and enter the following commands:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-headers-3.2.0-030200_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-headers-3.2.0-030200-generic_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-precise/linux-image-3.2.0-030200-generic_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_amd64.deb

 pirat9@Unixmen:~/kernel$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Output
[sudo] password for pirat9:
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-3.2.0-030200.
(Reading database ... 144811 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-030200 (from linux-headers-3.2.0-030200_3.2.0-030200.201201042035_all.deb) ...

update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-030200-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-030200-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-030200-generic
enerating grub.cfg ...
Found background: /etc/remastersys/splash.png
Found background image: /etc/remastersys/splash.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-030200-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-030200-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
 

Now  restart   and  Enjoy

pirat9@Unixmen:~$ uname -a Linux Unixmen 3.2.0-030200-generic #201201042035 SMP Thu Jan 5 01:36:31 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux pirat9@Unixmen:~$