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And so it was done, 14.04 LTS to 14.04.2 LTS and finally the machine runs stable, which it was not under the original clean install now nearly a year ago. A changelog is found here: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.16
The command to execute this update was a little bit more involved... sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-utopic There's more kernel updates planned per this document [See 14.04.x Ubuntu Kernel Support section]. There's another command set given, which includes recommends, but not used that. sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic Added 299MB to disk use and removed 538MB for 2 old 3.1.3 kernels. Running OET1 in turbo now... you know AD Vina sciences run fassssster than under Windows [see old discussions why that is] |
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So the Kernel update path was announced for 14.04 LTS and got 3.16 over 3.13 in place, here is what will probably be the August minimum jump noted in the GANNT as [To Be determined]... at least we're going to get 3.19.2:
Greg Kroah-Hartman has just announced the immediate availability for download and upgrade of new maintenance releases for Linux kernel 3.19, 3.14, and 3.10, all of them bringing approximately the same improvements, bugfixes, and updated drivers. While Linux kernels 3.14.36 and 3.10.72 are LTS (Long Term Support) releases, the latest stable version is now Linux kernel 3.19.2. Among the changes reported in the attached shortlog, we can mention a number of improvements for the Btrfs file system. “I'm announcing the release of the 3.19.2 kernel. All users of the 3.19 kernel series must upgrade,” says Greg Kroah-Hartman. “The updated 3.19.y git tree can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary” The support for x86 and PowePC architectures has also been improved, along with enhancements for the IPv6 and IPv4 network protocols, improvements for the GFS2, NILFS2, eCryptfs, and NFS file systems, as well as numerous updated drivers for Intel i915, Radeon, InfiniBand, etc. As usual, you can download Linux kernel 3.19.2, Linux kernel 3.14.36 LTS and Linux kernel 3.10.72 LTS right now via Softpedia or directly from kernel.org. However, it is recommended that you wait for the new kernel packages to arrive in the main software repositories of your Linux distribution. Maybe this one helps to fix the persistent WIFI issues on Ubuntu... BOINC jobs crashing if signal is wobbly or absent [one reason I've ethernet wired the Linux to a Windows desktop which is acting as gateway... not yet seen a single fail seen since doing this some year ago. Been blazing through OET jobs these past few days  |
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LHC is running again in search now of a Z particle, estimated to be between 1000-1500 heavier than a proton, 25,000 traces of the 'suspect' found whilst the Higgs Boson was being confirmed in 2013. Now that ATLAS is geared up, an image shows use of Ubuntu and KDE, but beat me, I don't see which is which: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-and-KDE...-LHC-Restart-478028.shtml . At least can now say...If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me! [Still on 14.04.2 LTS ;O]
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Pretty cool, a 15.04 "Always Show Menu" feature has been backported to Ubuntu 14.04.02 LTS. Now you can aim the mouse directly to the correct menu item instead of first going to top and then get the menu and pick. Speed up for sure [to me].
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/04/ubuntu-1404-lts-gets-always-show-menus.html All changes for this release a summed up in a link at bottom of article. Enjoy |
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The new feature of ubuntu is really great.
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Kernel 4.0 was released and has Live patching, the same as what Ksplice of Oracle's does [worked on my 13.04 Ubuntu]. This new integrated version is actually a merge of a collaboration of Red Hat's Kpatch and SUSE's Kgraft. http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/linux-4....live-kernel-patching.html
BTW, speculating 14.04.3 LTS August refreshes to update to the 3.19 kernel. This [14.04] is the first Ubuntu that is still stable for me after 1 year... going to stick to it till at least 16.04 comes along. Crushing OET at 99.8% efficiency. |
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A handy manual to make a dual boot Ubuntu on PCs with pre-installed Windows that have UEFI secure booting. http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/install...bit-system-uefi-supported
Still have to make the jump, but with 60% more throughput for AD Vina based sciences, it will be worth while on an 8 core [better do it now before FAHV finishes ;] |
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´5 apps you did not know you were missing´ is an appealing header to an article. It includes discussion of ´Synergy´, the KVM replacement answer to operating multiple computers by simply moving your mouse to the edges of your screen to move to the next display... and the keyboard follows. Not tested it, but if it works it´s 'godsend' as it was phrased: Go http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-linux-5-apps-didnt-know-missing/
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As we're rapidly approaching the 'Machines aware' day of kernel 4.12 [4.10 is in RC3], every day discovering things I did not know [and that's easy]. This one the ! operator and history makes it extremely easy to reuse/edit complex command used before in terminal and much more can be done with this one: http://www.tecmint.com/mysterious-uses-of-symbol-or-operator-in-linux-commands/
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´5 apps you did not know you were missing´ is an appealing header to an article. It includes discussion of ´Synergy´, the KVM replacement answer to operating multiple computers by simply moving your mouse to the edges of your screen to move to the next display... and the keyboard follows. Not tested it, but if it works it´s 'godsend' as it was phrased: Go http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-linux-5-apps-didnt-know-missing/ Great link and info. Thanks Synergy and guake look like winners to me  |
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