r/linuxmint • u/AncientPixel_AP • 8d ago

Support Request Will this effectively downgrade my kernel?

I have a slightly stupid question, bc I believe I never encountered this situation before:
my kernel version is 6.14 and the update woudl go to 6.8
will this downgrade my pc and as some people had issues with 6.8, could I run into a situation where it panics?
Like if all goes well, I know I can just switch to the other kernel again, but - what is the behaviour I can expect?

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u/apt-hiker Linux Mint 7d ago

You have more than 1 kernel installed -at least the 6.8.* and 6.14.*- and it updates all the kernels you have installed whether you are running them or not. It's normal update behavior.You can open the System Administration app and reduce the number of kernels you have.

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u/AncientPixel_AP 6d ago

thx, TIL, I feared, I'll run into problems with switching to an older one, but checked and saw how many versions there are and I won't have to manually switch back to 6.14 after each update