From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-02-13, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   > On 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?   
   >   
   > In the command line, you simply delete the linux kernels.   
   >   
   > sudo apt purge linux-image-X.X.X-XX-generic linux-headers-X.X.X-XX-   
   > generic   
   >   
   >> I remember trying this a year or two ago under MXLinux and the results   
   >> were a spectacular failure so obviously I missed something :)   
   >> TIA   
   >   
   > You might have removed all the kernels, not just the ones you weren't   
   > using. :)   
      
   That's why I prefer sudo apt autoremove. I think it automatically leaves the   
   current kernel and, (I think) two extra kernels, intact. The Update Manager   
   does a good job of deleting exactly what kernels you want to delete.   
      
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