Old kernels.
3 messages · started by George Praggastis on Jul 04, 2026
Old kernels.
From George Praggastis · Jul 04, 2026
In Mint the s/w mgr let's you see and remove old kernels names. I have about 10 old ones(?). Should we be deleting most of these manually (statuses listed are: active, installed, or end of life)?
I would have thought this type of thing would be auto taken care of or at least have some way to set max generations to save up front.
Have a good day...George
Re: Old kernels.
From Devi Garcia · Jul 04, 2026
The system of Ubuntu and Mint are auto set to keep old kernels in case of a newer one causing boot or HW issues so it's for a backup failsafe.. most people recommend to keep at least one older kernel if not Two just in case but that's personal preferences of the newest works like you'd like can just keep that one and delete the others..
Running:
Sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
On Ubuntu automatically removes unneeded depenancies and kerenls probably works for mint as well.
On Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 2:50 PM George Praggastis <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:
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In Mint the s/w mgr let's you see and remove old kernels names. I have about 10 old ones(?). Should we be deleting most of these manually (statuses listed are: active, installed, or end of life)? I would have thought this type of thing would be auto taken care of or at least have some way to set max generations to save up front. Have a good day...George
In Mint the s/w mgr let's you see and remove old kernels names. I have about 10 old ones(?). Should we be deleting most of these manually (statuses listed are: active, installed, or end of life)?I would have thought this type of thing would be auto taken care of or at least have some way to set max generations to save up front.Have a good day...George
Re: Old kernels.
From George Praggastis · Jul 05, 2026
Thks devi
Have a good day...George
On Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 2:56 PM Devi Garcia <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:
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The system of Ubuntu and Mint are auto set to keep old kernels in case of a newer one causing boot or HW issues so it's for a backup failsafe.. most people recommend to keep at least one older kernel if not Two just in case but that's personal preferences of the newest works like you'd like can just keep that one and delete the others.. Running: Sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
The system of Ubuntu and Mint are auto set to keep old kernels in case of a newer one causing boot or HW issues so it's for a backup failsafe.. most people recommend to keep at least one older kernel if not Two just in case but that's personal preferences of the newest works like you'd like can just keep that one and delete the others..Running:Sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremoveOn Ubuntu automatically removes unneeded depenancies and kerenls probably works for mint as well.On Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 2:50 PM George Praggastis <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:
In Mint the s/w mgr let's you see and remove old kernels names. I have about 10 old ones(?). Should we be deleting most of these manually (statuses listed are: active, installed, or end of life)?I would have thought this type of thing would be auto taken care of or at least have some way to set max generations to save up front.Have a good day...George