Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:31:59AM +0100, Graham Smith wrote:
> > * kernel 2.4.27 was installed in my box. It's been a suprise since
> > in Fedora i'm running kernels 2.6.x. Why this 2.4 kernel? Does
> > Debian consider 2.6 kernels unstable? I'd like to upgrade my kernel;
> > how can i do it using apt-get?
>
> I've wondered why a 2.4 kernel is installed by default as well when
> 2.6 has been out for so long. It's easy to install a 2.6 kernel with
> apt though. It's just like installing any other package. Grub (or
> lilo) will be updated automatically in most cases.
Afaik, it is still the case that 2.4 is more stable and reliable in a
greater number of hardware situations than 2.6, so it makes sense to
have it as the default.
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