purge-old-kernels deprecated

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 at 13:12, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks. I've been using update-manager (aka Software Updater) for a long time.

Me too. :-)

I tend to take it as the reminder to run it from the CLI but sometimes
I just click the button.

> It does _say_ it is refreshing snaps but, for some reason, I still find the need to refresh snaps at the command line. It would be helpful if it stated which snaps it is updating.

Aha, yes, good point. Maybe there is a need here.

As both a comparison and a second potential "market", Linux Mint tends
to only install _security_ updates and it splits the update stream
coming from Ubuntu into what Mint considers essential and
non-essential.

I have put Mint on some friends' computers and I always install all
available updates.

A 3rd point: Ubuntu now often "holds back" some updates, which I have
spotted confuses the Nala package manager.

Something which:
* updated _all_ packages, held back or not, security or not
* ensured the Snap Store was closed and (if possible) updated all Snaps too
* updated all Flatpaks as well
... could have definite appeal. :-)

> I've also used "Ubuntu Software"'s "Updates" facility and I'm not sure if it can update all the snaps. It can definitely update some.

I have not studied the difference. I *can* say that I've never had the
"snap refresh" command fail because anything was open, but then again,
I rarely use the snap store.


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