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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
