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 of installed kernels but will not allow removal.
 
 For more information see: 'man remove-old-kernels' or 'man rok' in a terminal.
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+# Authors
+Pierre Jarillon 2018 - 2022.
+Jean-Baptiste Biernacki 2021
+Barry C Jackson 2022 - present day
+Solbu 2023 
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+# History
+Following a long running bug report about failing systems with sometimes over 50 installed kernels and
+disk space exhausted, I decided that unless I did something myself this would just drag on ad infinitum.
+A basic package had already been created by Bruno Cornec using the original script, but there was no automatic integration into
+regular systems at install time, which would be essential for non-tech users.
+It soon was apparent that some more advanced users would need greater flexibility and control.
+So whilst keeping 'no user intervention needed' by default, command line options were added to suit most needs, along with
+the optional use of alternative configuration files (an idea from Pierre Jarillon).
+Mageia QA team requested more advanced features to avoid certain kernels being removed that may be required during testing,
+so these can now be protected using the Q option.
+A .desktop file was added into the Mageia main system menu using policykit based login for root access.
+A log file was added for the automatic runs controlled by cron.weekly with fixed log rotation at 1000 lines approx.
+i18n support has been added for the main bash script and thanks to the translatiors listed below we now have several langauages
+catered for.
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+# Tranlsators
+ajunior (Brazilian Portugese)
+Philippe Didier (French)
+Solbu (Norweigian)
+psyca (German)
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