anti-apXos
Must I manually uninstall/remove 6.x kernels after installing and changing default to 5.10?
You have to manually uninstall it, but it could be done even on the live USB before installing the system. Package installs or uninstalls done on the live USB carry through to the installation for antix.
Uninstalling the 6.6.119 kernel that comes on the full ISO is pretty simple:
sudo apt remove linux-image-6.6.119-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-headers-6.6.119-antix.1-amd64-smp
If so, how can I force the updater to never install anything 6.x?
Running a package upgrade with apt will not automatically update the kernel on antix. Kernel updates are done manually, so it’s just a matter of you as the user not choosing to install a 6+ kernel. If you want updates for the 5.10 LTS kernel, you’ll have to check for them yourself, though.
apt search linux-image-5.10*
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