It should be noted that the "stable" vs "unstable" refers to the stability of the distribution, not of the machine running it. I've got a machine tracking unstable running for over a year without problems (but with smaller uptime due to hardware and kernel upgrades). Potato is stable in that changes are rarely made, whereas sid is "unstable" because it changes constantly. Both are intrinsically very stable operating environments. Still, though, I'd recommend *NOt* upgrading your potato machine to the 2.4 kernel. I haven't done it myself, so I can't recount positive or negative personal accounts, but I guess I'm a bit of a purist and believe that there's no need to mess with a stable system "just because." Especially in a very customized system like a highly-customized laptop system. Once it's working, why tempt breaking it? Vineet * Victor (vdemart@supereva.it) [010705 11:35]: > Thanks to all for the many replies! > > What I'm actually worried about is the stability issue of the new > kernel 2.4. > > Bunk, the author of debs for 2.4 kernel, warns that there's no > guarantee about stability because he had to use packages from unstable > to make the needed debs. > > Besides I noticed that when you dpkg or dselect the source code and > headers for 2.4.5, other deb packages are required to substitute the > existing ones from stable. > > In a nutshell, do you believe for you direct experience that upgrading > all those packages to install kernel 2.4 doesn't bring about a real > risk of instability of the system? > > Ciao > > Vittorio > > Victor [debian-user] <04/07/01 16:03 +0000>: > > I've a wonderful debian 2.2r3 laptop, almost perfectly set up and > > working greatly and stable. > > > > The present kernel is 2.2.19 and I compiled to tailor it (usage of > > memory, needless devices, etc.) to my needs. It's all OK! > > > > My simple question is: > > > > Is there any advantage to upgrade my box to kernel 2.4.5? > > > > Ciao > > > > Vittorio > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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