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   pothead to sc@fiat-linux.fr   
   Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mi   
   14 Feb 26 00:13:59   
   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-02-13, Stéphane CARPENTIER  wrote:   
   > Le 13-02-2026, pothead  a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > I don't know cinamon and GUIs, but I guess Mint is either based on   
   > Ubuntu or on debian, so it uses apt.   
   > You should run "apt autoclean" and "apt autoremove" from time to time to   
   > remove old packages and necessary dependencies. Maybe it will clean your   
   > older kernels at the same time. I'd say it should but I'm not sure.   
      
   Thank you!   
   Appreciate the advice.   
      
      
      
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