On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Gary Dale <garyd...@rogers.com> wrote: > On 02/05/12 03:33 PM, Joey L wrote: >> >> I thoiught it would be easy to google - how i can upgrade to the >> latest kernel on debian squeeze. >> >> but apparently it is not as easy as i thought. >> does anyone have a quick tutorial on how to do this ?
> To do an upgrade: > - apt-get update > - apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade (your choice - I prefer the > latter) Yes, if you aren't fully up-to-date. How about "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade"? > To upgrade to the latest kernel on kernel.org: > Not recommended! The kernel interface changes all the time. Upgrading to a > later kernel than your distro was built against can cause problems. If you > need a later kernel for some reason, switch to a more up-to-date distro. For > example, switching from Squeeze to Wheezy is a simple matter of running: > sed -i "s/stable/testing/g" /etc/apt/sources-list > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade I'm using 3.4-rc5 on a sid box without a hitch so saying that using a kernel.org kernel isn't recommended is a bit of a stretch. There's also no need to upgrade to wheezy (which I'd recommend doing with a few more steps than above). The 3.2 kernel has been backported to squeeze. > You can also switch to Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any other distro that upgrades > on a faster release cycle. However, by doing so, you will be losing out on > Debian's amazing stability and reliability. The other distros are quite > good, so this isn't usually a big issue, especially if you came from a > Windows environment. No comment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szhvkhkfhfejjhpqbkqyzccuged19e3n+g4dg+4nre...@mail.gmail.com
