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SekeRob
Master Cruncher Joined: Jan 7, 2013 Post Count: 2741 Status: Offline |
Went about to remove 4.6.1 kernel, no hope, no glory for this build and back on 4.6.0... 4GB RAM acquired to replace the older than old 2GB that was still working, and surprisingly, these strips are only half height of the old ones, and the system seemingly running a tid-bit cooler. Just some news that flashed by, being it's confirmed that kernel 4.6.1 AND 4.7 beta kernels have a regression, which causes the system to drop back to the busybox terminal. Also confirmed that Ubuntu 16.10 and all it's derivatives will have kernel 4.8 [Torvald's has some work to do]. Bigger news is, all over the place, there's a big adoption in Linux distro world of the Snappy packaging system... the future, being that Yum, RPM, Deb and what not will wither and just one build is needed for many flavors of Linux. Shuttleworth (of Ubuntu/Canonical), said he was taken by surprise on this wide adoption. Picture one BOINC Snap kit for whatever nux platform you fancy.  http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-snap-take...ot-software-distribution/ (The part I have reservations about is, that on one side, the apps are much more / totally isolated from each other, but chances are that multiple versions of the same library/libraries will be on the system... sort of old days Windows, but who cares... first off, space abound these days [on newer systems] and the apps will be more stable than ever, no fear of one lib version being overwritten by the next app and things being broken. Sum, the package builders decide whether to use e.g their own version of wxWidget included or use the one that came with the distro.) |
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SekeRob
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And since kernel 4.6.1 proofed broken, 4.6.2 'stable' came out on it's heels: http://www.ubuntumaniac.com/2016/06/upgrade-to-linux-kernel-462-stable-on.html
Meantime Linux cherned out 4.7 rc4. 3-4 weeks more and 4.7 will be there in stable-ish form... sure to try. |
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Former Member
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Sorry to hijack your thread Sek but it seemed to be the best place to put this to keep all the Linux "stuff" together. Ubuntu development is again discussing dropping support for 32-bit x86:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-i386-Maybe-2018 |
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SekeRob
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No hijack, it's on Linux :D. Think to have read that lots of ancient devices drivers are being retired from the kernel. It's logical as supporting yonder days ad-infinitum makes the kernel bloat. And, opposed to other OSses, all the old kernels are and remain available. If it ain't broke, no need to upgrade.
4.6.2 on 16.04 LTs is still happily running without needing attention in any from. A new 4.4 LTS kernel is just out or about to coming for 16.04, for those that truly like to stick to complete LTS... the enterprise corner. Becoming a bit more adventures is trying things. Here an article to set up permanent automatic mounting of NTFS volumes: www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-permanently-mount-a-windows-share-on-linux/ Just installed SoundWire, on Ubuntu and Android. Now the media player streams the music played under Ubuntu from the Windows media server to Tablet which then functions as a mobile [headphones] speaker from anywhere in reach of the WIFI router. Allowed to remove the 16GB in mp3 files from the tablet, and just carry the most favored 3GB around for on the road. |
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SekeRob
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Sorry to hijack your thread Sek but it seemed to be the best place to put this to keep all the Linux "stuff" together. Ubuntu development is again discussing dropping support for 32-bit x86: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-i386-Maybe-2018 more on the 'no 32 bit support'... Ledkov points out that Ubuntu wants to limit the number of new 32-bit installations, with Ubuntu 16.10. This next release will not offer a 32-bit Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server image. The software could still be installed for legacy compatibility purposes via more traditional installers. By Ubuntu 18.10 in October 2018, Ubuntu would completely end support for 32-bit software and encourage running it in a virtual machine or container instead. Short for, no Ubuntu 16.10 32 bit build. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3089509/linux/...upporting-32-bit-pcs.html |
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Former Member
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Looks like the process for running 32-bit science apps will be different in an Ubuntu environment after October 2018. Maybe the techs should try and get out in front of this.. I'm not holding out any hope though.
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NAP2614
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Can someone give me a lead on downloading a program, to uninstall Linux Mint off of a hard drive, so I can reload something else?
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nanoprobe
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Can someone give me a lead on downloading a program, to uninstall Linux Mint off of a hard drive, so I can reload something else? There are no partitions and no other OS involved. Thank you If you want to wipe the drive clean DBAN is what I use and recommend.
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NAP2614
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SekeRob
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Had forgotten all about CLI Companion [Command Line Interface Companion] after it failed to install on 14.04 LTS, but through a stumble was reminded of it's existance with this 2014 article http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gui-your-cli and went to look for the ppa, which ended in again install failure on 16.04 LTS. Visiting the PPA pages at Launchpad itself https://launchpad.net/clicompanion showed though a .deb kit of March 25, 2016, v 1.2 being available, and low and behold, back in action. Now can pick the commands again, and define my own, or handy ones found on the intertubes and store them to the pick list for reuse. Best CLI assistant I know.
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