From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Bargmann Subject: Re: Most "HAM" friendly distro ? Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:14:33 -0600 Message-ID: <20060105021433.GG12936@mail.networksplus.net> References: <9923fd660601041255o4e45fd5dw572a79848c1781ff@mail.gmail.com> <20060104230936.GD12936@mail.networksplus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org * Bob Nielsen [2006 Jan 04 19:35 -0600]: > For AX.25, you will probably want a 2.6.14 or later kernel. I > couldn't find any kernels later than 2.6.8 on the Debian site and > don't know if that one is prior to AX.25 breaking. 2.6.15 just landed into Unstable within the past couple of days. It will be some time before it migrates into Testing. For ham radio use with Debian it's probably better to track Testing than Stable even though Unstable seems less broken than Testing these days. > Ubuntu and Kubuntu are basically Debian with a more aggressive (every > six months) release schedule. Many of the Ubuntu developers are also > Debian developers. Much to the benefit of both. 73, de Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org