linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Theo Houtman
Hello I like to complain about the debian distribution. It's time to release debian with the 2.4.* kernel. Many software require the 2.4.* kernel. I as a less experianced linux have trouble with compiling a kernel and well, I simply don't have

Re: linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Peter Makholm
Theo Houtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like to complain about the debian distribution. You *can* complain all you want. Debian won't be release earlier because of that. Debian will be released when it's ready. The only thing that will help getting Debian released is by testing, finding bugs

Re: linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Jö Fahlke
Am Sam, 10. Nov 2001, 19:04:33 +0100 schrieb Theo Houtman: Hello I like to complain about the debian distribution. It's time to release debian with the 2.4.* kernel. Many software require the 2.4.* kernel. I as a less experianced linux have trouble with compiling a kernel and well, I

Re: linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Alexander List
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Peter Makholm wrote: I like to complain about the debian distribution. You *can* complain all you want. Debian won't be release earlier because of that. Debian will be released when it's ready. The only thing that will help getting Debian released is by testing, finding

Re: linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 07:43:57PM +0100, Alexander List wrote: If we don't stop answering user's requests/complaints in such an unfriendly manner, we will always have the image that Debian is a clumsy hackers-only distribution and not for the average user. Even if his claim that kernel 2.4

Re: linux kernel

2001-11-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 08:18:53PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 07:04:33PM +0100, Theo Houtman wrote: [whining about the lack of Linux 2.4.x in stable] [...] special to do that (but certain things like modutils and ipchains/netfilter may need updating, check the list