intel i5, system config question

2011-12-20 Thread yudi v
Hi all, I will be building a new desktop with intel i5. Which option should I choose: go with squeeze and update to kernel 3+ or install Wheezy This will be my main production PC. I would like it to be as stable as possible. -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:53 +1000, yudi v wrote: > I will be building a new desktop with intel i5. Which option should I > choose: > > go with squeeze and update to kernel 3+ > > or > > install Wheezy > > > This will be my main production PC. I would like it to be as stable as > possible. I

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread yudi v
> > If you are unsure about the hardware support for the i5 chipset in > Squeeze, try first with Debian's LiveCD and see how it goes, what it > detects, what fails... > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > how easy is it to update to kernel 3+ in squeeze?

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2011-12-22 02:02, yudi v skrev: If you are unsure about the hardware support for the i5 chipset in Squeeze, try first with Debian's LiveCD and see how it goes, what it detects, what fails... Greetings, -- Camaleón how easy is it to update to kernel 3+ in squeeze?

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread Adrian Levi
Vanilla kernel sources have a roof.deb build target. ;-) On Dec 22, 2011 4:21 PM, "Johan Grönqvist" wrote: > 2011-12-22 02:02, yudi v skrev: > >> >> >>If you are unsure about the hardware support for the i5 chipset in >>Squeeze, try first with Debian's LiveCD and see how it goes, what it

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:50 PM, yudi v wrote: > Hi all, > > I will be building a new desktop with intel i5. Which option should I > choose: > > go with squeeze and update to kernel 3+ > > or > > install Wheezy > > > This will be my main production PC. I would like it to be as stable as > possib

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-21 Thread yudi v
> > > I'm just curious why you don't have just "go with squeeze" as an option. > Why do you need to change the kernel that comes with it? > > > Intel HD3000 video chip works fine with only kernels over 3.0.1. At least this is what I gather from searching the net. And the i5 I am getting has this c

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-22 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:02:22 +1000, yudi v wrote: (please, avoid using html format in your messages, they're hard to read) >> If you are unsure about the hardware support for the i5 chipset in >> Squeeze, try first with Debian's LiveCD and see how it goes, what it >> detects, what fails... >> >

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 22/12/11 11:02, yudi v wrote: how easy is it to update to kernel 3+ in squeeze? At the moment, Backports only offers 2.6.39 as the latest version in their repository. Whilst Backports is generally the easiest method, this doesn't stop you from compiling your own kernel or installing a pr

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-22 Thread yudi v
> (please, avoid using html format in your messages, they're hard to read) will do. > > There's no need to "upgrade" but "install" a new kernel in parallel (that > way you always keep the stock kernel if something goes wrong) and > installing a new kernel -or even compiling one by yoursef- is pret

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-23 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 04:56:34PM +1000, yudi v wrote: > > > > > > I'm just curious why you don't have just "go with squeeze" as an option. > > Why do you need to change the kernel that comes with it? > > > > > > Intel HD3000 video chip works fine with only kernels over 3.0.1. At least > this is

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:20:26 +1000, yudi v wrote: >> (please, avoid using html format in your messages, they're hard to >> read) > will do. Thanks :-) >> There's no need to "upgrade" but "install" a new kernel in parallel >> (that way you always keep the stock kernel if something goes wrong) and