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Re: Debian Kernel versions question



On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:44:26 -0500, Stephen <stephen.d.allen@gmail.com> said:

> I dist-upgraded to Etch today, and all went well. Congrats to the
> "Team"!  What is the difference between the following deb names
> (besides kernel version) ?

> 	%@server01:~$ aptitude show linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
> 	%@server01:~$ aptitude show kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686

AFAIK, "linux-image" is the newer name, because "kernel-image" is not
precise in that it does not specify what kind of kernel it is (Linux,
*BSD, HURD, etc.)

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