Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch
On Jan 27, 2008 3:41 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2008-01-27 08:23 +0100, David Palmer wrote:
> > Then you need to upgrade to the 'lenny' distribution.
> > Or depending on what you are running, even SID.
> > That's my standard desktop now.
>
> Please stop giving such clueless and *totally wrong* advice. It is
> perfectly possible (and in fact very easy) to just install a new kernel
> and keep the rest of the system at the stable version.
>
I have to agree here. sid can be horribly broken at times and might
not suit you, especially on your first dive to Debian. Lenny is much
more stable but still gave me quite a headache sometime (this was the
first Debian distro I used, back during Woody days). My suggestion is
to use stable (etch) distribution for a start and either recompile
your own kernel or download the 2.6.22 from debian-backports (I think
this was stated previously by somebody).
See here for instruction on debian backports:
http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
Chris
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