Questions about OS updates

[John Toliver]

OK That sounds good. I will remove a few kernels(the oldest ones of
course) and comment out any Gutsy sources and see if any changes.

Thanks all,

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 15:48, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> John Toliver wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been out of the loop for a while as I'm in nursing school.  I set
>> my automatic updates on my Hardy install to auto download about once
>> every two weeks.  Each time I do, I notice I have a new kernel, new
>> updates usually for firefox, evolution, openoffice, samba, and a host
>> of other smaller support apps.  I'm worried that in my configuring
>> Hardy in the past, or some other issues I've had I might have an
>> improper sources.list file or something like that.  The reason I feel
>> this way is that I don't ever remember getting THIS many updates in
>> Gutsy or in Feisty before it.  Here is what my sources.list file looks
>> like: (I've removed a lot of the stuff with "#" in front of it and
>> only show the actual sources):
>>
>> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
>> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy multiverse
>> deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates main restricted
>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe restricted multiverse
>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe
>> restricted multiverse #Added by software-properties
>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe main
>> multiverse restricted
>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
>> main multiverse restricted
>> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe main
>> multiverse restricted
>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe main
>> multiverse restricted
>>
>> If this isn't a problem, and my sources.list is configured, more or
>> less the way it's supposed to  then that means all these updates are
>> legitimately for Hardy.  In that case I subscribe to the newsletter
>> but the updates don't seem descriptive enough to figure out what they
>> do.
>>
>> My questions are:
>> 1. How else might I discover the purpose of the update?  What is going
>> on that warrants a new kernel update every 2 weeks or a month tops(I
>> understand if that is too open-ended a question to answer).
>>
>> 2. Last question: Should I hold on to all the old ones, or when can I
>> determine it's safe to remove them?
>> --
>> Patience yields far greater results than brute force or rage ever
>> could so relax......it's just life !!!
>>
>>
>    Your the one who is all bent over with so many updates. I recall
> that 7-10 had at least the same number or perhaps more updates than Hardy.
>
>    What you need to know is these updates make Ubuntu much better. It
> is normal and I take it as a blessing not a curse. As for kernel it is
> changed when needed. I liked 7-10 because they changed the kernel just a
> few times.
>
> Karl
>
>
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Patience yields far greater results than brute force or rage ever
could so relax......it's just life !!!