[CLUE-Tech] Fedora vs Debain

[Steve Lowe]

Angelo Bertolli said:
>
>> So *does* deb have a 2.6 distro? Is anybody running 2.6 with deb? If
>> so how is it? I'm running a Dell I8000 and thats where I want to go to
>> 2.6...so I'm just tossing gas on the fire heheh
>>
> I don't know, but if they do it's sid.  But I guess my whole point about
> not having a 2.4 kernel in the "stable" distro can be considered moot
> since you can upgrade using apt-get.
>
> I still have a hankering to get debian running on my computer!  I can't
> help it, I like their standards and their structure enough to still want
> to use it.  But every time I've tried installing it, it has hung up on
> me frequently in X-Windows.  If anyone can give me advice on this, I
> might be willing to try again.
>
> Angelo
>

Woody(stable) can be installed with a 2.2 or 2.4 kernel. Look at the
'boot' options during the install. At the boot prompt type bf24 and a
2.4.18 kernel will be installed.