Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.14 (Stable) in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Linux Kernel 3.14 in its stable release has been made available recently bringing more new features and improvements:

- Enhanced memory compression (ZRAM memory compression)
- Generic CPU Boost
- Nouveau adds new NVIDIA GPU support 
- NVIDIA Tegra PRIME support
- AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor support 
- More fixes for the open source AMD driver
- Improvements for Radeon DPM, etc.

To install kernel 3.14 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint, open the terminal and run the following commands:

cd /tmp 

wget http://goo.gl/s9nC21 -O kernel-3.14 

chmod +x kernel-3.14 

sudo sh kernel-3.14 

sudo reboot

To uninstall kernel 3.14, run these commands:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.14.0* 

sudo update-grub