Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch
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On 01/27/08 01:54, Chris Henry wrote:
> 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
In my desktop GNOME+xorg experience, it's been a *LONG LONG time*
since Sid has been horribly broken enough that I couldn't use X or a
GUI MUA or browser.
> 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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