On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:31:59AM +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > > * kernel 2.4.27 was installed in my box. It's been a suprise since > > in Fedora i'm running kernels 2.6.x. Why this 2.4 kernel? Does > > Debian consider 2.6 kernels unstable? I'd like to upgrade my kernel; > > how can i do it using apt-get? > > I've wondered why a 2.4 kernel is installed by default as well when > 2.6 has been out for so long. It's easy to install a 2.6 kernel with > apt though. It's just like installing any other package. Grub (or > lilo) will be updated automatically in most cases.
Afaik, it is still the case that 2.4 is more stable and reliable in a greater number of hardware situations than 2.6, so it makes sense to have it as the default. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ FD35 0B0A C6DD 5D91 DB7A 83D1 168B 4E71 7032 F238 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]