upgrade linux core?

[oldgeek]

I see that Kubuntu 17.10 is using the 4.13 linux core. I'm using a Kubuntu (16.04)/Neon hybrid with a linux core of 4.10. Is there any good reason to upgrade my current setup to the 4.13 version?

[vinnywright]

I am using the same thing as you ,,,a Kubuntu (16.04)/Neon hybrid (using the neon /dev/stable repo ) but my Kernel is

4.13.0-16-generic

I get that with the "linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge" package .

VINNY

[oldgeek]

Well, since you're using the same setup as I am, I decided to upgrade the kernel, which went easily when I found the 'edge' pacjage which was uninstalled. Didn't know about that one. I discovered in the process that my updates hadn't deleted all the previous linux kernels back to 4.4.0-96, which came to about 2 GB of space! So I got rid of all but the last one I used (4.10.0-38) just in case something goes wrong. So now my setup seems to be completely upgraded. Does that mean that there's virtually nothing left from the 16.04 Kubuntu? If so, I won't have to bother upgrading the LTS version next year if I keep the current setup. Or am I missing something?

[vinnywright]

So now my setup seems to be completely upgraded.

that depends ,,,,,how do you do your updates ?

VINNY

[oldgeek]

Every day, either through Discover or via the terminal's pkcon commands. I don't use the sudo apt update/full-upgrade commands any more because this forum said that pkcon commands are what I should use for Neon. But the Discover updates seems to work well now, so normally I just click the icon and let it run.

[vinnywright]

Every day, either through Discover or via the terminal's pkcon commands. I don't use the sudo apt update/full-upgrade commands any more because this forum said that pkcon commands are what I should use for Neon. But the Discover updates seems to work well now, so normally I just click the icon and let it run.

ya ,,,not sure how Discover handles updates , or that pkcon thing ,,,,do youself a favor and check

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade

every now and then

+ you should do a

sudo apt-get clean

every once in a wile ,,,,,,,go to /var/cache/apt/ and rite click the archives folder and "property's " ,,how much space is it reporting ?

VINNY

[oldgeek]

Did all that just now. There were 22 packages to eliminate, so I eliminated them. Then I did the apt-clean. Finally, I checked the two folders. Apt-file used 4 kb, while archives used 232 kb. The device usage indicates 30.6 GiB free of 210.2 GiB available, or 85% usage. How do I interpret these figures?

[oshunluvr]

Did all that just now. There were 22 packages to eliminate, so I eliminated them. Then I did the apt-clean. Finally, I checked the two folders. Apt-file used 4 kb, while archives used 232 kb. The device usage indicates 30.6 GiB free of 210.2 GiB available, or 85% usage. How do I interpret these figures?

You've got too much stuff on your system. LOL - Just kidding.

If you're asking about the apt-file and archives folders under /var/cache, those total sizes would be due to a small text and/or lock files in there. Nothing to worry about.

If you want to determine where all that space is being used, try:

sudo du -hx --max-depth=1

[oldgeek]

Thanks, useful command to know.