RE: [PLUG] Debian specs?

[Michael Whitman <michaelw@palawnet.com>]

Kind of a drawback if the latest stable is 'too old'.
i am kinda bummed cause i just ordered 2.2r4 cds.
Can you use apt - to upgrade potato to woody - in effect upgrade your 
entire distro.

Any idea how soon woody will be released?  - i know "when its ready".


At 02:24 PM 1/3/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >  if i get the latest stable release of debian, what kernel does it use by
> > default? does that kernel have usb, firewire, fb, journaled fs support, or
> > will i need to create a custom kernel to get this. i've never had a lot of
> > success creating my own kernels, so this is source of concern for me.
>
> Get the woody (unstable) distro. Woody is plenty stable and getting
> perfect. Potato is too old for any but vanilla server (and rock solid
> desktop) use.
>
> Kernels are tougher to compile, IMHO (very humble here, friends) opinion
> in rh. I'm still stuck trying to get one to work here. It worked great in
> debian everytime, but the stock kernels are a good place to start.
>
> Fred
>
>
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