Linux Mint has announced an overhaul in its kernel management, and will now automatically delete old kernels once a week.
Kernel management is moving out of
Update Manager and into the
System Administration tool on both standard and LMDE versions and it now track kernels by series rather than individual versions.
You’ll get to choose which kernel series are tracked and how many older kernels within each series the system should keep (in addition to the one you’re booted on; it doesn’t yank out the rug under its own feet).
Updates for tracked series kernels will appear in
Update Manager as before, but in a marked change, your older, unused kernel versions will be removed automatically, once a week.
A manual ‘Clean up’ button will also let you ‘free up space immediately’,
according to Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre. A
History button will enable you to easily see a list of which kernels were removed and when.
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