--- On Mon, 6/13/11, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:02 PM, > Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Not all that old. I'm running kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 on > the Debian 6 VM, which > > I haven't checked lately to see if there's an update. > My current kernel for F12 > > is 2.6.32.26-175 64-bit. Not that much difference. > Remember, my hardware > > is 6 years old. Plus, I can always recompile. > > For "pure" Debian 6, you'll have 2.6.32 until Debian 7's > released in > the same way that RHEL 6 and Ubuntu 10.04 are pegged to > 2.6.32 for > their lifetimes. I don't have a problem with that. Once a system is built, it rarely is changed. I usually only change it when hardware breaks. So, I don't need the latest, most current kernel as long as everything works. ASIDE: I don't know where this almost pathological compulsion by some to have the newest, latest of something or they'll just die came from. I'm certainly not afflicted with it. I replace things when they break, but don't just because a newer version has been released. > If you want a newer kernel (or newer anything else), you > can either > use the backport repositories or enable the > testing/unstable ones > (unless you want to recompile). I stay away from the testing/unstable repos. Stability is my number one requirement. Sometimes I'll recompile a kernel for efficiency to get rid of unneeded modules, but that's it. However, I don't know if it does any real good these days with gigahertz, multi-core CPUs and gigabytes of RAM, but I don't like having anything on a system that is not needed. Thanks for your input. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
