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Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint
Date	2026-02-11 20:30 +0000
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:39:19 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> In Linux Mint, you can do this is in Update Manager. When you see the
> kernel that is going to be updated, you right-click on the square beside
> it and choose either "Ignore the current update for this package." Or
> "Ignore all future updates for this package."

I seldom use the GUI in any distro. In this case 'sudo apt upgrade' failed 
trying to install the 6.17 kernel. I id open Update Manager but the kernel 
packages had been downloaded and didn't show. 
> 
> apt-mark is supposed to allow you to hold and showhold, etc., but so far
> I can't get "sudo apt-mark showhold" to return anything, even though
> I've specifically held back a kernel to test it in Update Manager.
> (Probably have to hold the file in apt-mark to see it in apt-mark
> showhold.)

showhold shows the four kernel packages. Again it doesn't seem to work if 
the packages are already on the machine. I've used the equivalent on 
Fedora to block VS Code updates. The update site is very slow and often 
times out. Most of the Code updates have been AI slop I don't want 
anyway. 

Similarly that works for 'sudo dnf update'. However Discover, the Fedora 
version of Update Manager still shows an update available on the taskbar. 
Minor annoyance since I don't use Discover.

> Agree on Broadcom. Whenever I rebuild a laptop that has a Broadcom WiFi
> card, I look on eBay for a cheap Intel one. I don't even want to mess
> with Broadcom.

I probably should have when I replaced the HDD with a SSD but It was 
working after the initial installation. There's a limit on what I'll spend 
on a 15 year old netbook that wasn't a ball of fire to begin with.

> So these kernel issues are all related to Broadcom WiFi cards? My
> Firefox locked up twice on me using this computer (21.3, 5.15 kernel) so
> I dropped back to an earlier 5.15 kernel. It hasn't locked up since, but
> Firefox was also updated so it could have been a Firefox issue.
>

The post I saw on Reddit all seemed to be the Broadcom module in this 
case. Overall Nvidia seems to be the major PITA when the kernel updates. 
Fortunately I am Nvidia free.

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Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 17:57 +0000
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 13:55 -0500
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-08 19:24 +0000
    Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-10 03:09 +0000
      Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 04:25 +0000
        Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 10:39 +0000
          Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 20:30 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 00:59 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 03:49 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 13:48 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:12 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-13 14:00 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:26 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-16 17:00 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 17:22 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-16 17:46 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-17 12:01 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-18 01:01 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-17 21:54 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Andrew Mulligan <oldeemail1956@aol.com> - 2026-02-17 22:47 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-18 13:11 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 17:19 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 03:46 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-13 00:17 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-13 01:05 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-13 02:42 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-13 13:44 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:29 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-13 21:04 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 00:12 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-02-13 21:18 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 00:13 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-02-14 13:31 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-14 22:22 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 22:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:36 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:32 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:27 +0000
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-10 13:44 +0000

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