From 292cc891a27bdf2efff5a7eba6c59d7c2b53f948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoffer <netravnen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 13:03:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Linux chapter: 1st section: upgrading the kernel

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+\chapter{Linux}
+
+\section{Kernel Upgrades}
+
+\begin{txt}
+    # LIST KERNELS ON /boot PARTITION
+    
+    dpkg --list | grep linux-image
+    dpkg --list | grep linux-headers
+\end{txt}
+
+\begin{txt}    
+    # REMOVE SELECTED KERNEL VERSIONS FROM BOOT PARTITION
+    
+    sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-{75,78,79}
+    sudo apt-get purge linux-image-extra-4.4.0-{75,78,79}
+    sudo apt-get purge linux-headers-4.4.0-{75,78,79}
+    
+    or
+    
+    sudo apt autoremove [-f]
+\end{txt}
+    
+\begin{txt}
+    # My one-liner to remove old kernels (this also frees up disk space)
+    # https://askubuntu.com/a/254585
+    
+    dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print \$2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
+\end{txt}
+    
+\begin{txt}    
+    # Remember to update grub2 configuration
+    sudo update-grub2
+\end{txt}
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