Kernel 6.17.0-14 Kernel Panic

Don’t do that. It’s unnecessary.
Just use GRUB for its intended purpose.

The technical answer: It depends on whether you remove the metapackage. Metapackage dependencies govern future updates.

  • If you remove the metapackage, then you will remain on 6.14 forever, including long after security patches have ceased (bad idea).
  • If you don’t remove the metapackage, then the system will eventually reinstall 6.17.
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