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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's a good point, but most users running under such constraints are
advanced enough to be able to remove old kerenls manually.
On Apr 29, 2012 10:34 AM, "Colin Law" <clanlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 29 April 2012 17:28, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Quite frankly, the kernel packages accumulating throughout a cycle don't
> > really take up a significant portion of storage. I don't think its worth
> the
> > risk of causing OS damage just to clear out a few MB of disk space.
>
> That rather depends on your hardware.  One of my Ubuntu machines is
> running on a 4GB flash stick.  In that case every MB is significant.
> It is running my weather station.
>
> Colin
>
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2012 9:57 AM, "Chris Druif" <chrisdruif@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I wish I could believe that, but still:
> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KernelPanic
> >> This could happen after updating to a newer kernel. That's why I asked
> >> about it.
> >> With metta, Chris
> >>
> >> On Apr 29, 2012 5:01 PM, "supernova" <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I think that the new  kernel has already been tested, so it's working
> >>> Supernova
> >>> Il giorno domenica 29 aprile 2012, Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx> ha
> >>> scritto:
> >>> > An additional note on this: would it br possible to make some kind of
> >>> > background test of the kernel on any users system? That would
> confirm the
> >>> > installed kernel is working as it should be and only let that one
> remain?
> >>> >
> >>> > Just a thought thou, keep us informed how it is going.
> >>> >
> >>> > With metta, Chris
> >>> >
> >>> > On Apr 29, 2012 12:26 PM, "supernova" <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm not an expert but if somebody would help me I could implement and
> >>> > experiment this feature.
> >>> > Supernova
> >>> >
> >>> > Il giorno sabato 28 aprile 2012, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>
> ha
> >>> > scritto:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Il giorno sabato 28 aprile 2012, Aditya Vaidya <
> kroq.gar78@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >> ha scritto:
> >>> >>> CCSM is _NOT_ the place for Janitor to be. If anywhere, it is to be
> >>> >>> in System Settings (that dashboard-like thingy)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >> Ok. It could be a good idea.
> >>> >> Supernova
> >>> >>> Sincerely,
> >>> >>> Kroq-gar78
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 7:07 AM, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>> >>> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> So we could for example:
> >>> >>> Adapt computer janitor to Ubuntu exigencies, put it as default in
> the
> >>> >>> os, place a button in ccsm, any other configuration tool to switch
> between
> >>> >>> newbie or Skilled? Default is newbie, of course...
> >>> >>> Supernova
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Il giorno sabato 28 aprile 2012, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx> ha
> >>> >>> scritto:
> >>> >>>> Not a problem, I was just a little confused a little. :) Have a
> >>> >>>> great weekend!!!
> >>> >>>> In Christ,
> >>> >>>> Ryan
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Sent from my iPod
> >>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Aditya Vaidya <kroq.gar78@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>>> wrote:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Yes sorry, 11.10
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>> >>>> Kroq-gar78
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>>> wrote:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> ...It was removed from the Oneiric CD wasn't it? At least I
> thought
> >>> >>>> it was... Thanks!
> >>> >>>> In Christ,
> >>> >>>> Ryan
> >>> >>>> Sent from my iPod
> >>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Aditya Vaidya <kroq.gar78@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>>> wrote:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> 'computer-janitor' was removed from the 12.04 CD because it messed
> >>> >>>> up a lot of stuff, like removing flash... or something along
> those lines.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>> >>>> Kroq-gar78
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Michele Giacomoli
> >>> >>>> <michele.giacomoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> It seems the description of the computer-janitor, but in Ubuntu
> >>> >>>> 12.04 it's not installed in the system. I know i can install it
> running sudo
> >>> >>>> apt-get install computer-janitor, but a newbie doesn't know that.
> Moreover a
> >>> >>>> newbie doesn't think he has to clean his pc, so the application
> should clean
> >>> >>>> the system automatically without asking the user anything. This
> behavoir
> >>> >>>> should have the possibility to be disabled from a skilled user if
> he wants.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> So, the core of the application already exists, now we have to
> make
> >>> >>>> it work in the right way, and provide this service out of the box.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Il giorno 27 aprile 2012 22:42, Daniel Hollocher
> >>> >>>> <danielhollocher@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CleanupCruft
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:53 AM, supernova <
> supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>>> wrote:
> >>> >>>>> Maybe this is not the right place for this discussion, anyway I
> >>> >>>>> want
> >>> >>>>> to think about one thing: when the kernel package upgrades, a new
> >>> >>>>> one
> >>> >>>>> in installed beside the old. I then remove the old one and keep
> >>> >>>>> only
> >>> >>>>> the new one. This can be done with synaptic or through line
> >>> >>>>> commands,
> >>> >>>>> but not with Ubuntu Software Center, or not easily at least.
> >>> >>>
> >>
> >>
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