Public bug reported: It's time to purge old kernels. They have sex and multiply.
There's no reason why ordinary users need more than the two most recent kernels installed. Granny doesn't appreciate a grub list that extends to several pages and grows without limit. Old kernels clutter Synaptic and the hard drive. And they do multiply in Synaptic. There's linux-generic and linux- image-generic and linux-headers-generic, plus numbered versions, plus pae versions of everything in my case. I just removed 3 versions with a bunch of packages that came to 640 MB plus some headers that I forgot to count. Purging by hand also requires some care. Is 2.6.35.28.36 more recent than 2.6.32-28.50? This is essentially Ubuntu brainstorm idea 25888, solution 7. See http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25888/ . ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768786 Title: Accumulating kernels is cruel and unusual punishment -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
