[PLUG] Linux Mint

[elcaseti .]

Thanks, Ben.  This is very helpful, actually.

Cheers,

Elcaset

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/13/2014 07:26 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > Question for Linux Mint 17 users..
> >
> > I get a different list of packages for apt-get then I do for update
> > Manager???
> >
> > Also will mint install new kernels?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Marvin
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> I know this is old but I think it is worth mentioning since this is one
> of the more interesting features of Linux Mint.
> MintUpdate filters packages by what the Mint team deems to be "safe." In
> other words, packages such as dbus, and the kernel, for example aren't
> typically upgraded because they *could* cause stability issues  when you
> go up a version (like if you have a special driver installed).
>
> There are 5 levels in MintUpdate that you can enable and disable in the
> settings, by default I think only the first 3 are turned on. 4 and 5 are
> "dangerous." Ubuntu does these so called dangerous updates and seems to
> do fine, but Mint has other ideas! Running apt on the command line will
> ignore MintUpdate.
>
> To answer the question, to install kernel updates, you need to enable
> the update level that includes those packages. This would be done in the
> settings for MintUpdate.
>
> Hope this helps somebody :)
> -Ben
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