Ok, so I'm not new to Linux, but by no means am I a guru, and its time for me to upgrade my Linux Kernel to 3.5.4 (I need new drivers only compatible with the newest kernel image), and I would like to do so manually.
What I mean is that I would like to download the official .tar.bz2 image from here, then extract the image, but after that how do I actually install the kernel image?
Best Answer
You could update your kernel to v3.5.4 by installing a mainline kernel.
Open a terminal and do the following:
Only for 32 bit systems:
Only for 64 bit systems:
Install the kernel.: