From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pa3gcu Subject: Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:59:23 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200403232059.23243.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> References: <405FAC4A.1000609@sancharnet.in> <5.1.0.14.1.20040322210149.01fdd960@celine> <406071B1.7030305@sancharnet.in> Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <406071B1.7030305@sancharnet.in> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: gracecott@sancharnet.in, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 23 March 2004 18:19, joy wrote: > yup, I suggest the same. get your own kernel sources and compile them= =2E > if you get a 2.6 series kernel, you need to upgrade a few packages on > the system( the version numbr of the software =A0required is found in= the > sources in /Documentation/Changes.I suggest you get a 2.6, it's worth > the download and you will really feel the difference and also the 533= 6 > version has support for the 2.6 series and I see no reason you shuld = not > take advantage of this. I dont want to sound like a wet blanket, however i have a machine here = running=20 a 2.6 kernel, be aware there are issues with the nvidia video drivers, = or at=20 least i have some. --=20 If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs