Is there a reason that Virtualmin keeps so many previous kernals?

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Is there a reason that Virtualmin keeps so many previous kernals? Do we need all of them?

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Ubuntu Linux 22.04.4
7.9.0 
dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-100-generic         5.15.0-100.110                               amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-101-generic         5.15.0-101.111                               amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-25-generic          5.15.0-25.25                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-56-generic          5.15.0-56.62                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-57-generic          5.15.0-57.63                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-58-generic          5.15.0-58.64                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-60-generic          5.15.0-60.66                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.15.0-67-generic          5.15.0-67.74                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-71-generic          5.15.0-71.78                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-72-generic          5.15.0-72.79                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-73-generic          5.15.0-73.80                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-75-generic          5.15.0-75.82                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-76-generic          5.15.0-76.83                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic          5.15.0-78.85                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-79-generic          5.15.0-79.86                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic          5.15.0-82.91                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-83-generic          5.15.0-83.92                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-84-generic          5.15.0-84.93                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-86-generic          5.15.0-86.96                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-87-generic          5.15.0-87.97                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-88-generic          5.15.0-88.98                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-89-generic          5.15.0-89.99                                 amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-91-generic          5.15.0-91.101                                amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic          5.15.0-92.102                                amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-94-generic          5.15.0-94.104                                amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-97-generic          5.15.0-97.107                                amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.4.0-105-generic          5.4.0-105.119                                amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-5.4.0-62-generic           5.4.0-62.70                                  amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-generic                    5.15.0.101.98                                amd64        Generic Linux kernel image
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Virtualmin does no such thing. Virtualmin is not your package manager.

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Just run the following after kernel updates:

apt clean && apt autoclean && apt autoremove

You can also automate this by creating a bash script that runs the above whenever a kernel update happens.

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Yes… but we are always told to not do things outside of Virtualmin… So if we are updating via Virtualmin…

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Who told you that? Certainly not me or our documentation.

Though I would recommend being careful with autoremove. You need to read what it’s doing and make sure you understand what it’s removing before approving it.

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Note the search term. linux-image

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Beauty, thanks…