I don't know, I'm not psychic, but the point is both machines work fine on kernels your original post implied were unsuitable for such venerable museum pieces.michael louwe wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:47 am Will your 2011-released computer be able to run smoothly on the 2022-released LM 21 or 2024-released LM 22.?
Will your 2006-released computer be able to run smoothly on the 2020-released LM 20 or 2022-released LM 21.?
When to update to a new Linux kernel
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
I'm using LM 18, but I don't believe I have this "Time Shift" app installed on my system.
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
It should be available in the repo for all supported Mint versions now - it is preinstalled in 18.3 and above.
apt install timeshift
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
...3.13 had 13 million lines of code, and 4.15 about 20 million plus.
Not really that much a matter of 'older' vs 'newer', but a matter of massive amount of changes:
1 single line change might fail your devices recognition, graphics,
be the source of latter filesystem corruption, lock your bios, whatever - even within the same series revision.
...dmesg / journalctl is there for you to spot 'obvious' warnings & potential failures, regardless of the age.
Not really that much a matter of 'older' vs 'newer', but a matter of massive amount of changes:
1 single line change might fail your devices recognition, graphics,
be the source of latter filesystem corruption, lock your bios, whatever - even within the same series revision.
...dmesg / journalctl is there for you to spot 'obvious' warnings & potential failures, regardless of the age.
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
Yes, I just checked my old Dell Inspiron 531, running LM 18.3 w/ Cinnamon 64-bit, and Timeshift is pre-installed there. Linux Kernel 4.10.03-38-generic is installed. I just initiated it for the first time and doing the first Create right now. Thank you all.... I appreciate all the posts so far.
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
I for one, am a great advocate of Timeshift.
I use it extensively by doing Manual Backups and then labeling them so I know what that particular update contains. And, I have never, ever, had a problem with using it to backup to a previous
point in time
I have Daily updates scheduled to keep 5 copies.
Every time, that I am going to install something new, I make a Timeshift backup with the label
Prior to CrazyAppToTest
That allows me to backup instantly to a point in time that CrazyApp was not on the PC.....
if after a length of time goes by, and CrazyApp proves to be okay, I make a new Manual Backup stating it is okay, usually like this
Everything working perfect, no problems
Just as a FYI, I place the Timeshift backups on a dedicated partition used only for backups.
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
Just so you know, kernel series 4.10 reached its end-of-life 8 months ago.rbsudo wrote:
Yes, I just checked my old Dell Inspiron 531, running LM 18.3 w/ Cinnamon 64-bit, and Timeshift is pre-installed there. Linux Kernel 4.10.03-38-generic is installed.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support? ... hedule.svg
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
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viewtopic.php?f=90&t=280658 - LM 19 Cinnamon(= kernel 4.15) could not be installed on the 2010-released Dell Inspiron N4010 laptop(= 8 year old computer)
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
...and how do you conclude that it was the 4.15 kernel to be blamed? All that this person said was:
If nothing else, that tells that at least the 4.15 kernel loaded just fine. Kernel ≠ Ubiquity...I click on the desktop icon that says "install linux mint"--AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS.
Huh? Then how did it boot to the desktop successfully?
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
.thx-1138 wrote: ⤴Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:37 am ...and how do you conclude that it was the 4.15 kernel to be blamed? All that this person said was:If nothing else, that tells that at least the 4.15 kernel loaded just fine. Kernel ≠ Ubiquity...I click on the desktop icon that says "install linux mint"--AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS.
Huh? Then how did it boot to the desktop successfully?
Retro G wrote:Thanks for suggestions.... Turns out that linuxmint-19-cinnamon-64bit-v2 is somehow not compatible with my old Dell. I tried the installation DVD in a newer laptop and got it to work in compatibility mode. So, I guess I'll try a lighter weight distro on the older machine.
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
...what a square logic. And again...linuxmint-19-cinnamon-64bit-v2 ≠ 4.15 kernel.
Actually, v1 could not even install in the first place on numerous systems -
didn't meant it was necessary the newer kernel to be blamed.
How many times someone couldn't get a specific distro's .iso to install,
but a different distro (coming with a newer kernel as well) worked just fine?
How many times someone couldn't get a newer version of the distro of his/her choice to install via the .iso,
but manually upgrading the packages did the trick?
Bugs & glitches do exist, sure - and a newer kernel might complicate things further as well,
but there is no one-to-one correlation like "newer kernel = newer machine only".
...the fact that the person above highlighted in bold letters that...
"AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS", merely suggests that Ubiquity didn't worked,
maybe it's gui couldn't load, maybe it silently crashed in the background...
he / she was never asked to run such from the terminal to see what errors got returned if any.
Actually, v1 could not even install in the first place on numerous systems -
didn't meant it was necessary the newer kernel to be blamed.
How many times someone couldn't get a specific distro's .iso to install,
but a different distro (coming with a newer kernel as well) worked just fine?
How many times someone couldn't get a newer version of the distro of his/her choice to install via the .iso,
but manually upgrading the packages did the trick?
Bugs & glitches do exist, sure - and a newer kernel might complicate things further as well,
but there is no one-to-one correlation like "newer kernel = newer machine only".
...the fact that the person above highlighted in bold letters that...
"AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS", merely suggests that Ubiquity didn't worked,
maybe it's gui couldn't load, maybe it silently crashed in the background...
he / she was never asked to run such from the terminal to see what errors got returned if any.
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.Schultz wrote: ⤴Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:53 pm
Just so you know, kernel series 4.10 reached its end-of-life 8 months ago.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support? ... hedule.svg
I went back to the old Dell Inspiron 531 desktop (ca 2007) running LM 18.3, and via Update Manager, installed Kernel 4.15 to see what would happen...... Cinnamon crashed.
So I returned, using Timeshift, which btw worked perfectly, to 4.10.
Then I proceeded to install 4.13 and that has been running fine ever since.
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Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
Kernel 4.13 reached end-of-life as of August 2018, so I second the idea that kernel 4.4 should be used.michael louwe wrote:
You should be running Linux kernel 4.4 which is LTS, ie supported by Ubuntu until April 2021. Kernel 4.13 should be nearing EOL or already EOL, ie no longer supported by Ubuntu.
Re: When to update to a new Linux kernel
Linux 4.4 installed and active. Thanks again.
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