re:Debian queries

2004-03-21 Thread users
> I just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.x-k7-1 (were x is currently at 4 > reflecting the latest kernel release, and k7 is because I have an athlon xp) > and the latest kernel is all set up for me. If it is that easy, then life has taken a weird turn. But it's done that before, so I guess i

re:Debian queries

2004-03-20 Thread users
> It's perfectly possible to > install 2.6 even on the current stable, albeit with a few backports of > things like module-init-tools and e2fsprogs I am too much of a newbie to attempt such a thing. I was raised on BASIC, on the Timex-Sinclair, C64, TI-994A, then moved to Unix briefly in college.

re:Debian queries

2004-03-19 Thread users
Thanks for the replies. More insight is very welcome, so keep them coming. So far what I think I am going to do is wait for SuSE 9.1 and the new release of Debian (which I presume will both use the 2.6 Kernel) and re-compare, based on user opinions. But the info now is welcome. Message post