Install the most recent kernel using experimental Debian distribution to see what is coming up.
Operating system version.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release: 11 Codename: bullseye
Kernel version.
$ uname -a
Linux debian 5.10.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.120-1 (2022-06-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Available kernel packages.
$ apt-cache search ^linux-image
linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-amd64-signed-template - Template for signed linux-image packages for amd64 linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux cloud-amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) linux-image-cloud-amd64 - Linux for x86-64 cloud (meta-package) linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-11-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-11-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-11-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed)
Add experimental repository.
$ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list <<EOF deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free EOF
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
Ipdate package index.
$ sudo apt update
Display available kernel packages.
$ apt-cache search ^linux-image
linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-amd64-signed-template - Template for signed linux-image packages for amd64 linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux cloud-amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-13-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) linux-image-cloud-amd64 - Linux for x86-64 cloud (meta-package) linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-12-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.10.0-11-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-11-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-11-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-14-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-14-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-15-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.10.0-8-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed) linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.19-rc4 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-cloud-amd64 linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-cloud-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.19-rc4 for x86-64 cloud linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-rt-amd64 linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-rt-amd64-unsigned - Linux 5.19-rc4 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 - Linux 5.19-rc4 for 64-bit PCs (signed) linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-cloud-amd64 - Linux 5.19-rc4 for x86-64 cloud (signed) linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-rt-amd64 - Linux 5.19-rc4 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT (signed)
Install most recent kernel.
$ sudo apt install linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: linux-doc-5.19 debian-kernel-handbook The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 69.8 MB of archives. After this operation, 481 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main amd64 linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 amd64 5.19~rc4-1~exp1 [69.8 MB] Fetched 69.8 MB in 23s (2,996 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64. (Reading database ... 34809 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64_5.19~rc4-1~exp1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 (5.19~rc4-1~exp1) ... Setting up linux-image-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 (5.19~rc4-1~exp1) ... I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-15-amd64 I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-amd64 I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub: Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-rc4-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-15-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-amd64 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-13-amd64 done
Reboot operating system.
$ sudo reboot
Display kernel version.
$ uname -a
Linux debian 5.19.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 5.19~rc4-1~exp1 (2022-07-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux