> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Some advices, especially from the Ubuntu community, on official Ubuntu > channels, are encouraging novices to learn. Those sites are monitored by > the Ubuntu community. Even blogs that are not official Ubuntu > channels, aren't necessarily bad. > > IMO at least > > "Cryptic Shell Commands > > There are various cryptic shell incantations floating around help sites > and search engines that promise to remove older kernels. Copy-and-paste > mysterious incantations into your system at your own risk." > > should read > > "Shell commands and scripts > > There are help sites that help to remove older kernels, too. > Before you copy-and-paste or install scripts suggested by users of > official Ubuntu channels, send a request to this channel, to ensure > that you would do the right thing. Be even more careful with hints from > websites, that aren't monitored by the Ubuntu community." I have tried to make my script safe. Besides it has an optional simulation mode: no files or packages will be removed, when using it; the script forces to run the simulation mode as normal user. And the script has a bug tracker in Launchpad, so people can easily find known issues with the script. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
