Linux Tips

Ubuntu always keeps the old kernel even after installing a new kernel. This is done just in case the new one doesn’t work well for you. Now if you don't want the old kernels anymore then use the command below to remove the old kernel which you wish to remove. $ sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.28-11 * replace 2.6.28-11 with the version you wish to remove. Hope this helps...

KernelCheck is a graphical user interface program designed to make the kernel-compiling process as easy as the click of a button. A kernel is the base of any operating system – in our case, the Linux operating system. KernelCheck will fetch the latest information from http://www.kernel.org, which hosts the source packages for the Linux kernel, and ask the user which one they would like to compile into a .deb package (with the option of installing the kernel after the compilation). This automated process is a fork of AutoKernel by Robert Wolterman (xtacocorex), Timothy Janssen (mentok), and Kristof Verbeken (PingunZ). KernelCheck is currently licensed under the GNU Public License version 3. Current Features Ability to download, compile and install latest kernel automatically Ability to compare latest kernel information with your current running kernel GUI designed with Glade provides easy accessibility for any user Supported Platforms At the moment, KernelCheck is only supported on ...