On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 04:50:27AM -0400, P Kapat wrote:
>
> >learn to use 'apt-cache search' and 'apt-cache show'.
>
> I am not sure what is intended here, but I did search around (mostly
> on packages.debian.org) and came up with the above mentioned kernels.
> The finer distinctions between them was not available from the package
> descriptions. And that is where the mailing list comes to help.
>
i was merely pointing out these tools inc ase you didn't know about
them. apt-cache search allows you to search packages for your keyword
in the name or description. apt-cache show will show you the
description of a particular package. It seemed that most of your
question could have been answered by this. merely trying to be
helpful.