-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/08 01:54, Chris Henry wrote: > On Jan 27, 2008 3:41 PM, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHnFOyS9HxQb37XmcRAlzQAKCNsDd0qqP4mLx+oQ92LUpfMz97mQCgw8tt qAg0mF8ER8wTXAifrYsu/e8= =si/t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
