Tutorial : Ubuntu Old Kernel Versions - Be Gone!

[kenmha]

What about using the 'apt-get autoremove' command?

[djcycles]

1st of all i have been watching since i made the jump in to Linux and you have learnt me lots.

can you help me with update my 11.04 to 11.10 i have done alt+f2 don't work and changed all the settings in update manger !!!! Ubuntu thank you Nixie x

[chondestes]

Why does Ubuntu keep the old kernel versions? When I used Ubuntu, only using apt-get I never had more than two kernel versions, just as with any other distro. Are you sure this isn't something that's just in your configuration?

[rfbeck1]

Thanks again Nixie.



[NotAnUndercoverCop]

Wait a second. You're a girl... and you're hot... and you're using linux. I need to lay down before I pass out.

[adamstoby96]

installing a.l.i.c.e. properly

[deltatux]

@oberonhotmail ... works on my end. Though the last real core Ubuntu release I used was 10.04. Then I switched to mainly use Linux Mint as I started to not like vanilla Ubuntu. They may have changed it since I last used it.

[SilentBob420BMFJ]

Is there a way to make it so it will skip the dual boot menu unless I hold down a key? I know I could change the boot menu time to 5 seconds or so, but I'd rather not do that, I just want to get rid of the menu unless I need it. I don't use Ubuntu unless I'm troubleshooting and can't get into Windows, and it's annoying that the boot menu pops up after every restart.

[taz069]

Nice so how you do that without graphical interface?? Is also good to show how to do it the old "fashion way" as you might not have a graphical interface available at the time when you are performing this task.

[glowcode]

:)

[MrGeorgeember]

try EasyBCD it is easyer lol

[mikk150]

This is the hard way, as mentioned earlier Ubuntu-Tweak can do that much easier, and much more...

[Flamirodon]

It`s the same way with all the other operating systems. If you live long enough with them you learn all the stuff the System can do for you :)

[ObamaBinLaden88]

Nice vid. Tho I think using Ubuntu-Tweak for this purpose would be a bit easier. of course if You already have Ubuntu-Tweak installed.

[soldierjohny69]

Isnt using Bleachbit easier?

[djordjen]

Nixie ur awesome! Thnx again! ^_^

[RodJLinux]

Ubuntu Tweak +1. Ubuntu Tweak makes removing old kernels a piece of cake.

[experimental0000]

good tutorial. I'd heard that it's best to keep the previous two versions rather than just the last previous one so that there's two backups vs one. but it's always a good idea to keep atleast one previous kernel just incase. thanks for the vid.

[ytgv3fc7]

@MrZardoz777 I don't suppose you'd have any idea why Mint would give a hassle over Java, would you? As it happens I installed Mint and I'm going to be forced to try to reinstall everything to find out what went wrong. Flash worked initially then died. Java never worked. Silverlight won't work but I figured out moonlight needs firefox earlier than 5.0. Well, I guess I'll have to use the windows box for that. even kden-live crapped out: first install, infinite loop :(

[slaava87]

I love her. Definitelly :)

[laseck11]

i have a problem with install gnome 3 on ubuntu 10.04 lts. can you help me with this?

[WarChiefs2012]

can't imagine anyone Hotter giving some OS  s settings

[aliancemd]

I remove old kernels with "sudo apt-get autoremove"

[emibulls]

Thank you!  I've always been annoyed by my retardedly long bootloader list!

[M1cr0p47]

That was easy. Thank you.

[Jedediah29]

Is Grub automatically updated after this kind of removal ?

The last time I uninstalled a kernel, I ran the command "sudo update-grub", just in case.

[FacultyFan]

This is cool nixie. I always had this problem but removed them from.my boot directory and did a grub-update.

[harrybean2006]

Does the System Janitor do this too?

[RTFMorUTFG]

Looks like that Nixie still not happy about the Unity from Ubuntu...gnome 2 still the mainly used desktop. Im till been polish and stable enough to use it...dosent matter what ppl say, I still have the buggy feeling about it.

[deltatux]

it's a lot easier to just do:

sudo apt-get autoremove

it will remove all packages that the APT repository deems to be outdated, including all old kernels. Just that one command line will clean your old kernels. Much easier than using the GUI.

[oberonhotmail]

@deltatux I use autoremove regularly, and it's NEVER removed my old kernel versions. I've changed to using Ubuntu Tweak to clean old kernels, packages and the package cache.

[ilikewebm]

make a rpm package from Source[fedora], deb is easy 

[Pernig]

How about explaining how to do this in apt in the comment section for us control freaks?

My version of grub seems to condense all the old kernels into their own menu, which I thought was neat.

[landstakerUK]

Why do you look angry when you're not talking?

[IBMboy]

if you don't like terminal, use computer janitor. Is graphic and easier

[jmknsd]

What are you using to capture the screen at the grub boot menu?

[superyounan1]

ZOMG A HOT GIRL USING LINUX [head exploding] ZARRRRRPPPP

[willem01]

@superyounan1 she's not "hot"...she's normal looking.

inb4 you're a fag

[DjaveBikinus]

This may also throw out the default entry so you may have to tweak that with StartUp-Manager.

[killroy71]

Does't Ubuntu have a utility that lets you reconfigure Grub 2 to limit the number of older kernel entries?

[metastopheles]

Thanks for this Nixie. This method is "neater" than what I used to do, which was just delete the unused entries out of the grub.cfg file, which is also a bit risky. This method is definitely easier.

[hasenj]

Is the title supposed to be sarcastic or something?

Seriously .. this is not the kind of content I'd expect for an "ubuntu is easy" series

[Kwakobo]

Hi! So I finally got linux on my laptop instead. It runs soo much more faster! I guess my desktops hardware sucks with linux. Anyways! Now that i got it working, what can i do with my Logitech Pro 9000? Is there any software to go with it?

[joe4ska]

Wow I never knew that was happening automatically. I always thought I was doing something wrong.

[scionicspectre]

Although using 'uname -r' is pretty easy, if someone hates that concept they can always go to System Monitor to see which kernel version they're using (I'm sure this has already been suggested).

Still, thank you very much for contributing your videos to the community. It would be nice if BURG were easier to get set up and more common in these desktop-friendly distributions, and I'm sure you could present fallback options in a more appealing way in BURG. Of course, not everyone likes that idea.

[jukko1974]

:)

[whatnameisavailablee]

Better presentation than in the past. Thanks for the tips!

[cumulus0007]

As of Ubuntu 11.04, older kernel versions are stored under the menu "Previous Linux Versions" in Grub, it's much cleaner

[MrZardoz777]

Pardon the double-post, my ease-of-use tip would involve installing programs via .tar files.

[MrZardoz777]

The worst is just dealing with the Unity desktop. As a new user on Ubuntu the first have to do is dig around just to get the basics working, but with Mint you can start with the easy stuff and get used to things slowly.

They're both great, but I'd always steer new users to MInt.

[cumulus0007]

@MrZardoz777 That's because you were used to the old Ubuntu interface, it makes no sense what you are saying.

[gabrielpereca]

Can I remove the linux-headers to??

[genmac1]

Ubuntu and Linux are too complicated for me.

[primefalcon]

@genmac1 Give Ubuntu or Mint at least a try using before you say that!

[madjunir]

lovely penguin animation at the end ! :D

[statikeffeck]

cool, and I just saved 555 MB hard drive space by doing this!

[Linux4UnMe]

Bout time you did some Linux Videos Nixie :P

keep em up! you been slack for a while! :)

[primefalcon]

Nixie, you forgot to remove the headers as well search for linux-headers- to find those as well

[Unaisa9]

How about music players? I seem to have a problem with steady playback on every format except mp3.

[tuinkabouternl]

maybe a tutorial about you showing your tits?

[Swadhin1988]

it can done by "ubuntu tweak". But Nixie Ma'am I need help to remove unity and install gnome 3 & shell.

[barzogh]

@Swadhin1988 there are very good tutos on google for that you know..

[Hug0101]

@Swadhin1988 sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

[barzogh]

using the terminal to do this is much faster i think

[rendezvous65]

I've got Kernel 3.0.0-5 :)

[dynetrax]

How about showing users how to add PPA's for packages that arent available in the software center, and other alternative methods of adding software!

[azomiss]

this is a new one for me ... till now i just used:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

[jackclark1981]

Finnally, you were the first youtuber I had followed. im glad you are making more videos

[BerendsThomas]

This is something Ubuntu should solve, not a user.

[Chasevandiver13]

are you using wubi to dual boot?

[Satlam]

Just a quick nitpick: the kernels sometimes require headers (especially when using proprietary drivers), which by my estimates are small (usually around 10MB per kernel) but still have the capability of wasting space if there are lots of them.

[theonering93]

I love Ubuntu 11.04. Unity is a little awkward at first, but now I couldn't live without it.

[jackclark1981]

@theonering93 you can use the classic menu indicator and it makes it more like gnome2. whatever. If you dont have it, try it.

[theonering93]

@jackclark1981 yeah, I've glanced at the classic menu setup, but I love Unity. So fast, and the bar on the left side of the screen is awesome.

[FlapFingerboard]

you shoud do a video about wine becouse i have little problems with it ...

[zinadork]

I generally find Ubuntu Tweak to be the easiest way to get rid of old kernels and grub customizer to clean the grub menu. Glad to see new videos:)

[cocoacreek]

blossom. cute :P

What made u pick that name?

[frvfilms]

show us how to install newer kernelzz-

3.0

[TiriPon]

Installing sun java6 on 11.04 could be hard for some. Harder than on 10.10

[VideoGuyNC]

Linux rules, and I could listen to Nixie narrate tutorials all day! :) You're the best Nixie!

[TheWindowsHack]

can we have some more advanced linux videos. id find it more interesting than ubuntu and its user friendly approach to everything

[icekool666]

Just get Ubuntu Tweak and all it takes is one click of the mouse to get rid of previous kernels & their config files.

[daiatlus79]

you should show the different variants: Kubuntu (KDE), Lubuntu (LXDE) and my favorite that i use daily... Xubuntu (XFCE ftw!!!)

[Santtone]

Ubuntu is easy... That was my first impression when installed Nagios and NagiosQL to Ubuntu 10.10.

[Gatorman32656]

Slick

[Yankeeboy254]

You could just use ubuntu tweak, for those scared of the terminal ;)

[adamx20]

adding a repository. That trips people up sometimes.

[LeGrande]

I've also used Ubuntu Tweak to get rid of them ... it's even easier. :)

[nairobie755]

It looks so odd after using something else(mint) for so long xD Which reminds me It's probably time to try something else for a while.

[j800r]

It would've been FAR easier for the average user to use Ubuntu Tweak. It literally handles everything and makes using Ubuntu way easier.

[mmikeish]

I run the 9.10 - was fed up with -nomodeset to get around Xorg issues with my graphics card. Good thing, you're back to making linux videos! Take care!

[Athylas]

The one aspect of Linux that I've always found evil compared to Windows - disk management and repair. I think there are a few easy ways to deal with disk management but anything to do with repairing a damaged file system are far from easy.

For example I had a hard drive with bad sectors and in the end it was easier to get Windows to do it. I'm sure Linux has tools to do the same thing as chkdsk but the instructions on them baffle me.

[PrimephotoStudio]

Very helpful, thank you!

[Rulerofwax24]

I have no idea if this is possible but: I am thinking about getting like a 60 gig SSD, and moving my windows 7 over to there, but also have a second boot of Ubuntu. Is it possible to make it so that I automatically go into windows 7 without the boot menu popping up, and just have some way from there to go to linux? I know there are virtual machines, but something that is actually installed.

[sarsbretta77]

Now install burg bootloader

;-)

[l0ud5p34k4]

the fedora equivalent would be typing the following command into the terminal:

su -c 'package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=n'

n stands for the number of kernels that you want to keep. I usually set it to 1. I don't know what happens if you set it to 0 but I guess that wouldn't work. You can also leave the --count=n option away and n will be set to 2.

[karli34]

@l0ud5p34k4 true - but then again, you don't have Nixie for advice xD

[rsm19791978]

This is a great way to remove old kernels safely.

If you don't feel the need to keep the last oldest kernel you can just open a Terminal and do "sudo aptitude safe-upgrade" when a new kernel is available.

This command will upgrade you to the newest in the repos and remove any previous.

[ikillyou96]

does this video seem more laggy than the previous videos?

[Kwakobo]

Why does ubuntu lag a lot compared to my windows 7?

[ZaydHumsy]

@Kwakobo I haven't seen much lag on Ubuntu. I've found Windows 7 is MUCH more laggy. Any specific areas you've found lag in Ubuntu?

[hendrikwiersma]

@Kwakobo Maybe you haven't got the right video drivers installed yet.

[Kwakobo]

@hendrikwiersma no, i do! and i checked and my video card is compatible with ubuntu..!

Creating a box on my desktop or moving a window around creates a huge delay..

[hendrikwiersma]

@Kwakobo Try installing Ubuntu in Virtualbox or VMWare and see if it lags then too. So then, if it doesn't lag, you know that Ubuntu has a problem with your hardware running natively.

[OmenX13]

Great to see you back making Linux Videos again - Thanks.

[KingYaba]

sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg and take out the versions you don't want.

[LordBas2]

Not sure if Ubuntu has this feature, but Fedora has a option to set the maximum amount of kernel images that can be installed. So when you install a newer image, it'll replace the last entry in the GRUB list with the newer image.

I love tutorials, but this is way too easy. Could you do more 'Linux' like tutorials and not just Debian'ish ones? The most useful tutorial I've ever seen is how to make your own custom Desktop Environment (hint hint).

[CClassicVideos]

Isn't it possible to just use the "Computer Janitor"? Afaik all older versions get listed there and can be removed with a single push of a button.

[shawnio]

k this voice over is creepy as hell

[shanepatrickfagan]

Or you could go sudo apt-get autoremove and it would just clean all the stuff that is old for you.

[Blix11]

Nixie, you have changed my life with this video. I love you. XD

[NikosIbanezRG]

Mint Debian > Ubuntu. Of course that's just my opinion ;-)

[blackoutworm]

Easier way to do this is to install ubuntu tweak and from there you can remove all sorts of unneeded cache, kernels, config and temp such as installed deb packages. Simple and easy as cake.

[ZoneTelevision]

P.S. Ty Miss Pixel

[ZoneTelevision]

There is a God !!! Linux for president :)

[kawreaVII]

I haven't used ubuntu in a while but I remember the first time I used it adding ppa's was difficult for me

[ziro360]

Ubuntu Tweak does this all

[HRage]

Burn, M$!

[jerrylittlemars]

I loved it! I was wondering how to do that. Thanks :)

[Amiga96]

That's pretty clever!!!

[Aaxel95]

1st ubuntu video after a long time and u show something i already know =(

[bhigr]

Are you still using ubuntu 10.10? The kernel is somewhat older than mine and the interface looks like gnome old school?

[nixiedoeslinux]

@bhigr Good eye! Yes, I am using an older version of Ubuntu because my next tutorials are going to show how to upgrade to the most current version and I needed to have something to upgrade to. 8-)

[kmfdmkid2000]

@nixiedoeslinux I personally don't care for the newer interface. For me, 10.10 is the way to go, at least for a while. That, or when I get around to upgrading then forcing it to use the older interface. I'm sure there's a way, there's always a way, but I just haven't given the time to do the research on how =P

[jackclark1981]

@nixiedoeslinux I asume you are going to use alt f2 to start thae updae or are you going to do it in the terminal, sudo apt-get upgrade distro -d?

im horrible at typing please forgive me..lol

[MrGizmo757]

Ubuntu wont run on 2 out of three of My machines. however every other Distro i tried Will. and ubuntu has a flaw in the code dealing with the power management on the pci bus causing computers to overheat all over the place. ubuntu is becoming more of a Mess with ever release. Pardus is the easiest and Most trouble Free Distro i ever tried. Maybe you should look into that one. :-)

[PinguimFU]

another thing that is is a app caled Start Up Manager (i am not sure how it looks like in the ubuntu programs center) that allows you to have a GUI to set the timeout,the default OS to be booter and stuff like that without having to mess with grub.cfg with by the way i findout to be very easy to manage but,not so for "starters" the only downside is that the configs are reseted every time you have a new kernel or intrid installed cause in that cause it also resets GRUB configuration

good video

[74ryanwolf]

Thanks for this tutorial! Been wondering how to remove those kernals, but i didn't know it was THAT easy..

[nixiedoeslinux]

@74ryanwolf Glad to help! Don't worry, it's only easy if you know where to look. =)

[TheElitenoname]

using hybrid graphics... always hate/d do that also took me some time to figure it out the first time

[MeBeBonkers]

I just fell in love ;)

[fodorgyuri666]

you can add getdeb repo, install Ubuntu tweak and use package cleaner/ clean kernels...

[1stfreestuff]

your voice is so hypnotic......................­.

[vimmy2492]

Hey, can you please make a tutorial showing how to get Kernel 3.0 on Ubuntu 11.04 or is it too complicated stuff?

[PinguimFU]

@vimmy2492 for now it is a little cause the 3.0 Kernel still in RC stage like a "almost done" but not tested so bugs can happen,the only way i can figure out is download the source from kernel.org and do it all by yourself with is no so hard if you have time in your hands but not so frendly

i think that as soon as a stable version go out will be a packege for instaling it in ubuntu

i tried it myself a day or two and have some trouble with intrd scripts and a messy kernel panic in Debian :/

[vimmy2492]

@PinguimFU it's actually out now.

[FxOxC]

Nixie is cute!!! =D