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by scorp123
Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:44 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Clean up old kernels
Replies: 30
Views: 52082

Re: Clean up old kernels

So I get rid of those residual packages ... aaaaand no change at all on /boot: > dpkg -l linux* | grep rc |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description un linux-source-4.4.0 <none> <none> (no description available) > df -h /boot Filesystem Size ...
by scorp123
Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:55 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Clean up old kernels
Replies: 30
Views: 52082

Re: Clean up old kernels

remove != purge so you may simply end up with these kernels in the residual config section in synaptic (waiting for a "complete removal", aka purge) before free space in /boot is realized... Hmmm, doesn't seem to impact /boot. But good catch I'll check /usr/src, looks like there are some ...
by scorp123
Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:38 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Clean up old kernels
Replies: 30
Views: 52082

Re: Clean up old kernels

Pjotr wrote: The tool purge-old-kernels is part of (dependent on) byobu. :)

From the author (Dustin Kirkland, Ubuntu core developer):
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/16/ ... k-space-2/
...
Wooooot!? :shock: That's ... odd :D

Uhhhhm, ok then? :lol:
by scorp123
Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:32 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Clean up old kernels
Replies: 30
Views: 52082

Re: Clean up old kernels

sudo purge-old-kernels Why the installation of "byobu" ...? Sorry, I didn't quite get that. For the removal of old kernels "byobu" isn't really needed... Sorry if I missed the part where you explained it, maybe I didn't have enough coffees... :lol: What I do -- and I am not sayi...
by scorp123
Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:35 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: The Mint Café
Replies: 2076
Views: 694449

Re: THE MINT CAFE

Boooom, 10 years :D

oh and yeah: *bump* :lol:
by scorp123
Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:32 am
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)
Replies: 8
Views: 1648

Re: Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)

He said if you want your stuff to be secure, write your own encryption algorithm. It doesn't have to be good or complex, it only needs to be unique. That's bull and proven NOT to work! :shock: And besides, the claim that "every" modern encryption scheme out there was "invented by the...
by scorp123
Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Viruses on Linux Mint
Replies: 50
Views: 13707

Re: Viruses on Linux Mint

turtlebay wrote:It could be argued that it's up to all Windows users to check their own incoming files and programs for infections.
Exactly!!

... at least in a private setting ...
by scorp123
Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:00 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Viruses on Linux Mint
Replies: 50
Views: 13707

Re: Viruses on Linux Mint

Agree with the part that executable (Windows) files doesn't work on Linux. But what happens if you send an infected .exe file from your Linux machine to a Windows user?? Such worry only makes sense if you happen to be the IT guy in a company and both the file server which happens to be a Linux mach...
by scorp123
Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:24 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?
Replies: 18
Views: 8485

Re: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?

BTW, if you have multiple systems but you don't want to install a management framework (... I agree, it's a bit of an "overkill" ...) you could use something like "Cluster SSH". You'd perform 1 x SSH login to multiple systems at once and then issue the same command to them at the...
by scorp123
Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:18 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?
Replies: 18
Views: 8485

Re: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?

... from quick read it looks like they are more for server upgrades across a number of machines?? This stuff works just as fine on any desktop machines. Whether or not those systems are really servers running server workloads (e.g. web sites, file services, etc.) or actual desktops with GUI program...
by scorp123
Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How to "dist-upgrade" the kernel in LM18?
Replies: 36
Views: 3274

Re: How to "dist-upgrade" the kernel in LM18?

Curious question (and yes, I'm just curious), why do some people avoid GUI solutions that Mint offers like those solutions have leprosy? GUI's are a lie, they're just front-ends to the shell. Through the shell, I gain sudo. Through sudo, I gain power. Through power, I gain root. Through root, my ch...
by scorp123
Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:57 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?
Replies: 18
Views: 8485

Re: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?

But, question for scorp123, as I'm not working in linux right now, are you running "sudo apt-get install linux-base linux-etc" as a list of items? Or, it seems like LM is now using just "apt"?? Question is what is the exact commands you are using? I use ansible at home and puppe...
by scorp123
Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:07 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?
Replies: 18
Views: 8485

Re: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?

The result was that "apt-get" never pulled in the latest kernel. Names of the packages: linux-base linux-firmware linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic These packages always point to the latest version in the repository (depends on what repositories you have configured +...
by scorp123
Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:04 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?
Replies: 18
Views: 8485

Re: Mint 18: Kernel updates only in GUI Update Manager?

Call me old school if you like, but I'm the kind of guy who likes doing many things from the console. Yup. Same. I almost always run my updates using apt-get from the console... I let ansible do that for me. :twisted: So for me it is very important that *all* updates are applied via shell commands....
by scorp123
Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:15 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)
Replies: 8
Views: 1648

Re: Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)

I have no doubt whatsoever this is going to bring me some flak, but that's ok because I've got broad shoulders and I wouldn't suggest this for use in an exposed environment anyhow... What are you referring to? eCryptFS? It's good enough to keep thieves from simply copying all your files if ever the...
by scorp123
Sun Jul 03, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: The Mint Café
Replies: 2076
Views: 694449

Re: THE MINT CAFE

Oh wow, this thread is still going?? :lol:

When was the last time I posted here?? hmmm... the search function (yeah that thing nobody is bothering to use ...) says Page 92, back in 2012 ... :D
by scorp123
Sun Jul 03, 2016 5:17 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)
Replies: 8
Views: 1648

Cinnamon Mint 18: I like what I see... :)

Long time no see I guess? (... old-timers will still remember me, LOL ...). And awwwwww, all my sticky posts about "don't do this, don't do that, please do it this way..." are still here? :) Sweet. Anyway... I "distro-hopped" a lot in those past years. Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, X...
by scorp123
Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: The Mint Café
Replies: 2076
Views: 694449

Re: THE MINT CAFE

npap wrote: Long time no see, old man.
I'm on G+ now. And there I met Ikey ... LOL. It's a small world ... Ikey the infidel didn't believe who I was, so I had to quickly drop in and prove my identity :twisted:

As you can see ... I'm a busy little bee ... 8)
by scorp123
Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:19 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: The Mint Café
Replies: 2076
Views: 694449

Re: THE MINT CAFE

Hi Ikey, *winky winky* ( ... as per G+ thread ...)

:D
by scorp123
Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:22 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: The Mint Café
Replies: 2076
Views: 694449

Re: The money transfer

Here it is Ken .... OMFG, where did you undig that ??? I fondly remember those times. My grandfather was a farmer and when he went to the market to buy pigs, chicken, etc. they wouldn't bother to count the money in the plastic bag he handed them ... they put the plastic bag on the scales and measur...

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