[xubuntu-users] "Not enough space on disk /boot"

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi :)

On Mon, 25 May 2015 13:16:34 +0200, Petter Adsen wrote:
>On Mon, 25 May 2015 19:35:44 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:

Help us, to help you.

>> So, I guess, I will have to continue to regularly and manually
>> uninstall old/unused(?) kernels to keep things going.

We can help you, please post the output of

  ls -hAl /boot

and of

  uname -r

and just in case also of

grep vmlinuz /boot/grub/grub.cfg

IIUC you've got only Xubntu installed. Do you have just Xubuntu
installed or another Linux or Windows too?

And now a few notes about the policies of Linux distros and claims
about Linux.

>> I had placed great hope on the "just works" and "user friendly"
>> concepts to widely advertised on all Linux related websites.

It's a big issue that some inexperienced users advertise Linux as a
replacement for Windows, with the claim that everything is better when
using Linux. Ubuntu is a "user friendly" distro and that comes with
advantages and disadvantages. But it's important to keep in mind, it's
not a replacement for Windows and some self-responsibility still is
needed, even when using a "user friendly" distro.

Several distros even claim to be _not_ user friendly.

"Whereas many GNU/Linux distributions attempt to be more user-friendly,
Arch Linux has always been, and shall always remain user-centric." -
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way

It's very important to read the policy on the official websites of
distros, instead of reading claims that are not written on official
websites. 

>> But it seems, Linux is not meant for ordinary mortal men.

Using Linux isn't rocket science. What an averaged user needs to learn
is on a level as learning how to use forks and knives. It has
a learning curve on a level that is also needed to learn how to
maintain a dishwasher. You need to learn how to use a tool, that's all,
you don't need to learn how to make a tool yourself. IOW you need to
learn how to use Linux, not how to program. Do you know any tool that
can be used without learning how to use it?

>It is hard to come up with a default configuration that will not break
>things in one way or another, depending on how people use it.

That's the point! A restricted OS can provide defaults, but that's a
PITA and at least work flows get broken regularly. I won an iPad 2 a
long time ago. Each time the operating system is upgraded, everything
might work more or less OOB, but most likely it will break your work
flow, they simply reconfigure important things without your permission
to do so. The gesture and menus you used yesterday won't work tomorrow
and you need to relearn how to use your iPad 2. They can decide to make
software that worked yesterday, completely unusable tomorrow, happened
for e.g. jackd (original a Linux sound server) on iOS. This can not
happen when using Linux or FreeBSD. At least a power user can maintain
outdated libs alongside to upgraded libs etc..

Regards,
Ralf