According to Matt Zagrabelny, > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:50 -0400, dzpost@dedekind.net wrote: > Will newer > > versions of some packages eventually need a newer kernel? > > yes. for instance some desktop stuff is starting to use udev/hotplug. > this requires a 2.6 kernel. Can you indicate which ones? I'd like to try them.