Thanks, Ben. This is very helpful, actually. Cheers,
Elcaset On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/13/2014 07:26 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > > HI > > > > Question for Linux Mint 17 users.. > > > > I get a different list of packages for apt-get then I do for update > > Manager??? > > > > Also will mint install new kernels? > > > > TIA > > > > Marvin > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > I know this is old but I think it is worth mentioning since this is one > of the more interesting features of Linux Mint. > MintUpdate filters packages by what the Mint team deems to be "safe." In > other words, packages such as dbus, and the kernel, for example aren't > typically upgraded because they *could* cause stability issues when you > go up a version (like if you have a special driver installed). > > There are 5 levels in MintUpdate that you can enable and disable in the > settings, by default I think only the first 3 are turned on. 4 and 5 are > "dangerous." Ubuntu does these so called dangerous updates and seems to > do fine, but Mint has other ideas! Running apt on the command line will > ignore MintUpdate. > > To answer the question, to install kernel updates, you need to enable > the update level that includes those packages. This would be done in the > settings for MintUpdate. > > Hope this helps somebody :) > -Ben > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
