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W dniu 23.05.2025 o 11:06, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
> W dniu 17.05.2025 o 14:29, Chris Ahlstrom pisze:
>> So I do an update of Debian Sid, and it starts updating initrd images, 
>> and
>> continues, continues, continues.... 25 kernels from 6.10.11 to 6.12.27.
>>
>> Purged 22 of them. FTS. FFS.
> 
> Personally, I always use oldest available kernel, and newer update it. 
> List of kernels I can get with command:
> 
> apt list | grep -P 'linux-image-\d+.*'
> 
> In the case version 5.4.0-26 is oldest, I install it with command:
> 
> sudo apt install $(apt list | grep 'linux-[^-]*-5.4.0-26-generic' | cut 
> -d '/' -f1 | tr '\n' ' ')
> 
> don't forget about X Window, which require following package to work:
> 
> sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-26-generic
> 
> Then I stop update kernel with command:
> 
> sudo apt-mark hold linux-*

And of course: reboot with oldest kernel, and remove all rest of them.