On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]>wrote:
> As Jackson said, 'sudo apt-get autoremove' would take care of cleaning > old kernels. I don't use GUI package managers, but I suspect they have > similar functionality. > > Automated methods, even those who'd notify the user and confirmed if they > wanted to remove old kernels, are problematic. What if the user didn't know > what a kernel is? Can we check that the user hasn't actually used these > kernels in the last n days? > > I'm not saying I'm against a automated, user-controlled method, but it's > probably best to discuss that on a larger scale for all flavors. Something > might even be in the works. > > Cheers, > Pasi > > It's a tricky question. Myself I always feel that automated removal stuff might be "dangerous". On the other hand I know that if my family and friends would finally change over to *buntu they would not be bothered with running "sudo apt-get autoremove" or even within a GUI. In my experience most ordinary users don't want to even think about security updates, if I would mention removing kernels they would boot up their Windows or Mac OS boot disc faster than a beer on a Friday evening. They just want the system to take care of itself. Which of course is a bit hard to accommodate. A check for use in the last n days might turn up some issues for Ubuntu Studio if you have both the lowlatency and generic kernel as one of them might be unused for some time but still good to have in the system. /Jimmy
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