Re: what don't you need to update

cool. thanks. On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 4:46 PM Snyder, Alexander J < alexan...@snyderfamily.co> wrote: > Okay -- check this out ... > > https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/learning-ansible-tutorial > > You can install the free version of Ansible on all Linux Platforms. > > > https://docs.a

Re: what don't you need to update

In my many years of development and linux server management experience I've never actually used ansible... the one interaction I did have with it was managing OpenShift clusters and it was a pain. That's probably more of OpenShift's fault though rather than Ansible. As for setting up servers, I

Re: what don't you need to update

Okay -- check this out ... https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/learning-ansible-tutorial You can install the free version of Ansible on all Linux Platforms. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/installation_distros.html Their install guide will also help you get th

Re: what don't you need to update

Yes, please! On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J < alexan...@snyderfamily.co> wrote: > This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could > get Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to > completely provision and configure all your setting

Re: what don't you need to update

This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could get Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to completely provision and configure all your settings and files just how you want it?!? This thing already exists, it's free, and easy to learn. Welcome to the

Re: what don't you need to update

Mike, I am running Kubuntu on my daily driver. On the task bar there is an icon for updates. When I click it I can update all packages that have an update. IIRC FireFox is a snap package on my machine. When I first switched back to Linux on my daily driver I was at a loss at how to update

Re: what don't you need to update

Usually, you want to hold packages from updates if there is a compatibility issue, like your application is only compatible with version 1.2.3, but you know 1.2.4 will break things, so you hold it. Outside of that, you shouldn't be stopping updates. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel

Re: what don't you need to update

what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new computer it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a draft, and then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts like this. Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You might think

Re: what don't you need to update

as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste into a terminal: sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3 On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael wrote: > Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold command is > used to prevent a specific package from being upgrad

what don't you need to update

Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold command is used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based systems. I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we start a list of other big packages that don't need to be updated? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: -