Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
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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
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> 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.

Absolutely true. I run all Sid and have never had a complete breakdown.


> > 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