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From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Michael Whitman
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:13 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Debian specs?
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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