Inspired by an exchange between our community members in our 'Going Linux Podcast' Google+ community, we discuss how Windows, OSX and Linux all leave stuff behind after an upgrade, and what you can do to minimize or eliminate this on Linux. We provide several points of view on the concpets of Nuke and Pave vs. Rolling Release, and the differences between the 'remove' and 'purge' options for the command 'apt-get'. We also describe how to keep your preferences and settings for all of you Linux applications after an OS upgrade and after a nuke and pave.

Episode 325 Time Stamps

00:00 Going Linux #325 · Getting Rid of 'Cruft' After An Upgrade

00:15 Introduction

01:02 It all started innocently enough...

01:34 Rolling release vs. nuke and pave

04:10 Our experiences

16:04 Limitations of upgrades and rolling releases

18:13 Uninstalling applications via the command line

19:03 Remove vs. purge

19:23 man apt-get

21:19 Additional insights

21:39 debOrphan

24:35 Configuration files

25:09 4 easy steps to nuke and pave, retaining all of your preferences and settings

28:40 In the final analysis...

29:40 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe

30:45 End