On 11/18/2016 05:54 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> writes:
>> Denis> This is a recent install, so I expect that there may not be many
>> Denis> kernels.  How do I see what older kernels I have?
>>
>> I use aptitude for package management.  Look for packages named
>> linux-image-* and the associated linux-image-extra-*.  You want to purge
>> them, I think.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Russell Senior, President
>> [email protected]
>
> I looked using synaptic.  I see 4.4.0-42.62 both in generic and extra.
> There are 7 earlier, all listed as installed.  But I also see 4.4.0-47.68,
> yet uname shows 42.68.  Is it possible that the install of 47.68 stalled
> when I got that memory error?  But regardless, it seems I have some older
> stuff to get rid of.
>
> But you said "..., I think."  That makes me reluctant.  Someone as
> incompetent as I am needs certainty to minimize the chance of catastrophe.
>
> -Denis
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I'm not adept at Ubuntu but if you are installing updates with apt-get 
can't you use

sudo apt autoremove --purge

to remove the old kernels as well as other unused packages?

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