linuxmint / linuxmint/mintupdate
Reword "Remove kernels..." to "Remove inactive kernels"
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When managing installed kernels, it's unclear what the "Remove kernels" button will do.
In fact what it will do is select all kernels that are Installed and Not Active and offer to remove them:
Describe the solution you'd like
It should be made more obvious what the button does. Either rename it to "Remove inactive kernels" or "Remove old kernels" would make it a lot clearer. The latter is not exactly accurate since I assume it will remove kernels newer than the active one if installed.
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Research direction
Search the codebase for the "Remove kernels" button label and inspect the surrounding installed-kernel management UI. Rename the label to "Remove inactive kernels" and verify that the displayed action clearly matches the kernels selected for removal.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
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- 65/100