On 2004-04-12, Joe penned: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, but not new to Linux. I have an old laptop > and of course Fedora wont install on it, so I decided to try > Debian. I installed the stable release, but did not like the fact > that it installed with kernel 2.2.20 when 2.6.2 was already out > (along with the fact that there were a lot of old packages). > > So I have decided to install the testing release and ran into a > few bugs, but not sure how to use the Debian bug system to search > on the items.
You could choose a more recent kernel for stable without having to upgrade the whole system. Is this a redhat-ism, to associate a given kernel with a given version of the distribution? Anyway, testing is arguably less stable than unstable, and security patches get to testing much later than they get to either stable or unstable. I would argue against using testing, especially if you are new to Debian. Also, you can find out which bugs have been filed for a given package like so: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=packagename for example, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=mutt [snip] -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
