Re: LMDE alternative
Posted: 2018-02-20 21:26
LMDE 2 is based on Jessie, so it's no big wonder most packages are newer in Stretch.
In the future, three simple commands will ensure you never need to use your package manager again for searching for and installing software:mike acker wrote:
that worked like a charm and it was easier than hunting thru the package manager.
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$apt-cache search <package>
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$apt-cache show <package>
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#apt install <package>
thanks!!Lysander wrote:
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You can also check this super-useful page on the Debian wiki for package management through the command line including updating and removing:
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https://wiki.debian.org/AptCLI
Secondary super-useful tip - the Debian Wiki should always be your first port of call for info [yes, that means pre-forum].
Why do you want to do this?mike acker wrote:moving ahead to new Linux kernel
I think 4.14 is supposed to be LTS if I remember right. The idea is to move to a position that will be LTS for a while. The Jessie base systems I'm using now are approaching end of life which is why I'm working up new system discsHead_on_a_Stick wrote:Why do you want to do this?mike acker wrote:moving ahead to new Linux kernel
Unless your hardware is not supported properly then moving away from the stable kernel is probably a bad idea — the new features introduced always carry the possibility of security holes and new bugs.
EDIT: Ryzen will probably benefit from >4.9 though, I think.
i found my notes on the kernel upgrade -- I had done a 4.10 earlier. I'm thinking of doing it to my research disc tw -- I really don't have all that much invested into that disc -- yetAnd now the new kernel is here: Linux 4.14 is the 2017 Long-Term Stable (LTS) release of the kernel and will be supported for about two years. Greg Kroah-Hartman made the announcement in his blog and added that he would be supporting 4.14 with stable kernel patch backports "unless it is a horrid release," which, despite the delaying issues, doesn't seem to be the case.
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ttf-mscorefonts-installer
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grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
entropyfoe, it's too sad, I really hoped you were lucky this time with the 4.15-kernels on your ryzen-box
But you are not alone
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1690085
Downscrolling to #72 he summarizes everything again, read it carefully.
They are talking about to compile a kernel with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU set to yes.
You know I'm no linux-guru, but I looked and think the 4.15.3-antix-kernel is already build like that.
So all you have to do is to put the right rcu_nocbs=X-XX parameter to your "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX"
It's the output of
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echo rcu_nocbs=0-$(($(nproc)-1))
and make the bios-changes
The last link in #72 is a How-To disable ASRL, you can do this for the time being only for the current session for trying it out.
Feel free to ask if you have questions.
thanksstevepusser wrote:I hope your notes are to get a newer kernel from stretch-backports. You can get newer kernels from several other places, like my Liquorix kernel backports, but they aren't supported by the Debian mothership.
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I disagree.
thanks! this makes perfect sense to me.Head_on_a_Stick wrote:I disagree.
The author clams that regressions are a reason to use the backported kernel and this is quite ridiculous because the newer kernel version is far more likely to have regressions than the stable version and if there is a problem Debian will patch the stable kernel, switching to backports just means stuff will stay broken.
The backported kernel also suffers in respect of security updates and so should _never_ be preferred over the stable kernel unless there is a specific need for hardware support.
See also https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian ... f_Syndrome
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mike@Debian9Research:/etc/apt$ more sources.list
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# deb cdrom:[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 9.3.0 cinnamon 2017-12-09T13:29]/ stretch main
#deb cdrom:[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 9.3.0 cinnamon 2017-12-09T13:29]/ stretch main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
# stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
mike@Debian9Research:/etc/apt$