This new fancy GUI tool for removing old versions of the Linux kernel is driving me nuts. So i searched for a better option to remove the old kernel versions which the system don’t use anymore.
My options where
- using the GUI tool which is
- impractical
- annoyingly slow
- and you have to delete every kernel single handed
- writing my own script
- consumes time and energy I neither want to spend nor have to spend at the moment
- needs testing which leads back to the point above
- needs a virtual machine because i don’t test these things on a fully functional and productive machine
- find a working solution which does what I want without me putting a lot of energy and time in it
- ask uncle Google
- find a working and tested solution from either the repositories on Mint or Git or Sourceforge
- implement it and add a weekly cronjob
Installing in Mint is very simple:
~$: sudo apt install byobu
And what a wonder running it afterwards is not much harder to do:
~$: purge-old-kernels
After that you end up with just two kernel on your system instead of several.