Linux doesn't generally require the kind of maintenance that Windows usually needs. Given that Linux gives the power and freedom to do what you like, it can be molded and tweaked in innumerable ways, depending on your needs, desires, and hardware. On your particular system, one thing that comes to mind is to remove old kernel versions, as in Ubuntu and Mint they are not removed automatically. The easiest way to do this is to install the Synaptic package manager, and then search for linux, then go down the list, looking for kernels and header files that are older than what you are presently running that are presently installed (green dots). To find what kernel version you are running, just type uname -a in a terminal. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
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Thanks for your info! I've turned Automatic Maintenance on in Update Manager -> Automation, which removes old kernels but the latest.
Should I still use Synaptic Package Manager to check on the versions of the software installed? I get many results to go through manually, although only a small part is installed, that's true.
You're very welcome! That Automatic Maintenance feature didn't exist when I was using Ubuntu/Mint! That's very useful! With that being the case, you shouldn't need to install Synaptic, though it is a very useful package manager for finding software! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Synaptic is installed too, by default.
Oh, great! It figures that Mint would have it installed by default as it's so useful! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙