(SOLVED) ubuntu cleaner and ukuu kernel

geordiejohn · 2017-06-04 17:09:10

hello i was using mint for a long while and i did use crunchbang before,i have just installed bunsenlabs and i know the above applications will not work on debian,but do i just run with the kernel which is already installed and does it get updated?
and is there a system cleaner please?
thank you.

Last edited by geordiejohn (2017-06-29 19:00:07)

DeepDayze · 2017-06-04 17:40:55

Bleachbit is in the Debian repos and is a decent cleaner.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-06-04 18:05:44

geordiejohn wrote:

do i just run with the kernel which is already installed and does it get updated?

Yes and yes, respectively

BunsenLabs uses the Debian stable kernel version which is a heavily-patched LTS (long term support) branch of the mainline kernel.

This means that the main kernel version number will stay the same throughout the lifetime of the release (3.16 for BunsenLabs Hydrogen & Deuterium) but it will receive any and all security fixes very promptly and it will not suffer from the regressions and breakages that may be found in more "bleeding-edge" distributions that track the mainline kernel versions.

The trade-off for this is poor support for any brand-new hardware introduced after the release but Debian has the "backports" repository to help in such situations:

https://backports.debian.org/

For system cleaning, I like to use ncdu; for example:

sudo ncdu -x /

But be *very* careful — it is easy to delete critical files with a stray keypress, especially if the confirmation dialogue is disabled.

stevep · 2017-06-04 23:55:18

What is the ukuu kernel? Do you have to do a custom covfefe to enable some features?

bigbenaugust · 2017-06-05 02:05:25

I believe this is the custom covfefe to which OP is referring:

https://fossbytes.com/install-upgrade-l … mint-ukuu/

DeepDayze · 2017-06-05 02:18:09

bigbenaugust wrote:

I believe this is the custom covfefe to which OP is referring:
https://fossbytes.com/install-upgrade-l … mint-ukuu/

LOL at the Trump blunder reference

bigbenaugust · 2017-06-05 02:24:28

DeepDayze wrote:

LOL at the Trump blunder reference

I was just following the dude above me

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-06-05 06:41:17

bigbenaugust wrote:

I believe this is the custom covfefe to which OP is referring:
https://fossbytes.com/install-upgrade-l … mint-ukuu/

Fortunately for us, the covfefe to which the article refers:

Installing or upgrading to a new Linux kernel isn’t an easy task for a Linux newbie. But, one needs to do so on a regular basis to make sure that one’s system is secure from hacking attacks.

...is already included with BunsenLabs: our kernel version receives those hack fixes just as quickly as the upstream mainline kernel.

Yay Debian!

EDIT: also, using the software in the linked guide in a BunsenLabs system will significantly decrease the security of the system and increase the chances of breakage, both from dependency problems if the PPA is used and also from regressions and new bugs (sorry, features) in the kernel itself.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-06-05 06:47:02)

geordiejohn · 2017-06-29 18:59:23

ok thank you.

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