From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-02-13, vallor  wrote:   
   > At 11 Feb 2026 20:30:44 GMT, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Update Manager > View > Linux Kernels   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, that won't let you set the default kernel for boot.   
   > Note that some kernels are offered, but are "unsupported", such as   
   > 6.18.9, which was just added.  You'll have to poke at grub to get it   
   > to pick a kernel.   
   >   
   > I asked Chatty about a gui tool to set the default kernel -- apparently   
   > there is one called "grub-customizer", but it isn't in the Mint repos.   
      
   I don't know about "setting" the kernel, but Update Manager let me delete   
   the newest kernel (if I booted in from an older kernel) and than I was able   
   to block the update to the newest kernel. The next time I booted my computer   
   it automatically loaded the older kernel.   
      
   For example, on this computer I was upgraded to kernel 5.15.0-170. I booted   
   into 5.15.0-168, went to Update Manager and deleted 5.15.0-170, then blocked   
   Update Manager from automatically updating to 5.15.0-170. I can still   
   install 5.15.0-170, but it won't do it automatically. So it's now blocked.   
      
   (I think I'll install 5.15.0-170 to make sure I can replicate this again.   
   Maybe I'm misremembering something.)   
      
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