-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> >>> BTW, I'm running 2.4.27-2-386 >> >> That's 2 years old. Any particular reason you aren't running >> 2.6? >> >> (No, "it's unstable" is *not* a valid reason.") >> > > Tthis is a brand new install....first walk, then run.
I disagree with that mindset. > Alas, the > system only crawls :-< > The only philosophical basis is that 2.4 it is what the installer > installs...and that dist-upgrade doesn't see fit to upgrade it. Kernel 2.6 is "hidden", but running linux26 would install a 2.6 kernel. At the CD boot prompt, typing "help" (or maybe <F1>) would have shown you the options. > The secondary reason is that the machine is destined for a rural > area with 9.6k dial-up access--maybe 14k on a good day. Those > comm rates make ''stable'' a highly desireable feature. In that case, install Ubuntu 6.06 on the machine. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEsFnaS9HxQb37XmcRAgcnAKCRkE1jpMPLeMFQ7O2sYsHCqm724gCfZQgA KU9ECLD/Jgv0nPayG30kwtg= =pkeA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
