On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 04:49:59AM -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote: > During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either > linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 > or > linux-image-amd64 > There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page. > Could someone tell me what the differences between those two are and which > is the better of the two?
"linux-image-amd64" is a metapackage which always depends on the latest amd64 linux kernel. "linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64" is actually an amd64 linux kernel. If you install "linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64", then you'll stay at that version (modulo security updates) even when newer kernels are released. If you install "linux-image-amd64" then your kernel will be updated as per normal packages.
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