From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:42:20 -0000 (UTC), pothead    
   wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > So under LinuxMint Cinammon how do I safely delete older kernels I don't use   
   > but are taking up space?   
   > I remember trying this a year or two ago under MXLinux and the results were   
   a spectacular failure   
   > so obviously I missed something :)   
   > TIA   
      
   Update Manager > View > Linux Kernels   
      
   You can remove kernels there.   
      
   At least, I'm pretty sure Cinnamon uses mintUpdate...does it?   
      
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