I'm planning on wiping out my SuSE 7.2 installation and trying Debian 3.0r0. The install manual says that kernel 2.2 is the default, and kernel 2.4 is an option. I can't find anywhere that says why I should choose one over the other. My SuSE is already using 2.4. Seems like it would be a step backward to install the default 2.2. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks. Greg
You can install kernel 2.4 with Debian 3.0 - and that is exactly what I run on my server (bioradaition.net). I initally moved to 2.4 for iptables (v. ipchains) for the firewall, but given it is the current stable kernel - I see no reason to not use it. People that use 2.2 generally do so because they have already deployed it in some configuration, and don't want to make any unnecessary changes. While I obviously enjoy Debian, and prefer it for my personal machines - I will point out it has some deficiencies compared to SuSE, Mandrake, etc. Most notable of course, is the fact that the software in a stable release of Debian is considerably older than you will find in any current release of most other distributions. Also, it's installer is not nearly as easy as some of the commercial distributions. For someone that wants to try out Debian, but wants to step in to something a little easier to start with - I highly recommend Knoppix: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html -- Doug Geiger runexe@bioradiation.net http://bioradiation.net/~runexe/ If you're crossing the nation in a covered wagon, it's better to have four strong oxen than 100 chickens. Chickens are OK but we can't make them work together yet. -- Ross Bott, Pyramid U.S., on multiprocessors at AUUGM '89. GNU Privacy Guard Fingerprint: E06F 00C8 50D3 19FC 6F6B 3F56 6B76 0762 DD37 4686
-----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Avedissian Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 4:40 PM To: wlug@mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] kernel choices in Debian
I'm planning on wiping out my SuSE 7.2 installation and trying Debian 3.0r0. The install manual says that kernel 2.2 is the default, and kernel 2.4 is an option. I can't find anywhere that says why I should choose one over the other. My SuSE is already using 2.4. Seems like it would be a step backward to install the default 2.2. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.
Greg
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On Saturday 26 July 2003 16:40, Gregory Avedissian wrote:
I'm planning on wiping out my SuSE 7.2 installation and trying Debian 3.0r0. The install manual says that kernel 2.2 is the default, and kernel 2.4 is an option. I can't find anywhere that says why I should choose one over the other. My SuSE is already using 2.4. Seems like it would be a step backward to install the default 2.2. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.
Greg, The option to use the 2.4 kernel is an option after the install is complete. You must install the system, then once it is running upgrade the kernel package to 2.4.x. Just some warning, I had some difficulty upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 on my system with the debian packages. --brad
Thanks. I should have guessed that I'll be looking forward to new and exciting challenges. Seems like a new install is a good time to learn about kernel upgrades. Greg brad wrote:
On Saturday 26 July 2003 16:40, Gregory Avedissian wrote:
I'm planning on wiping out my SuSE 7.2 installation and trying Debian 3.0r0. The install manual says that kernel 2.2 is the default, and kernel 2.4 is an option. I can't find anywhere that says why I should choose one over the other. My SuSE is already using 2.4. Seems like it would be a step backward to install the default 2.2. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.
Greg, The option to use the 2.4 kernel is an option after the install is complete. You must install the system, then once it is running upgrade the kernel package to 2.4.x. Just some warning, I had some difficulty upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 on my system with the debian packages. --brad
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