It's perfectly possible to install 2.6 even on the current stable, albeit with a few backports
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things like module-init-tools and e2fsprogs
I am too much of a newbie to attempt such a thing. I was raised on BASIC, on the Timex-Sinclair, C64, TI-994A, then moved to Unix briefly in college. However, I have been made largely spoon fed via Windows since then. I had to relearn all the fun Unix commands and directories when starting to work with Linux. I have lots of work to do before I can handle things like the above, or even compiling my own kernel/modules. Please be patient :)
Thanks for the insight, everyone...looks like I will be giving Debian a try, but if (and when) I run into issues, I will be back!
For the first year I used Linux (3 months RH before switching to Debian), I was totally petrified of the thought of compiling my own kernel. I ended up just jumping in one day and doing the `make xconfig && make dep && make bzImage && so on`. I spent two hours reading every help entry in the xconfig interface.
Later, I discovered kernel-package. I read all the docs in the kernel-package package and learned to build my own kernels in a much more efficient way.
Since my "doing it the hardway" approach, someone else has been kind enough to document the process step-by-step:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
My reccomendation is to download the kernel-source-* package that corresponds to the kernel you run now. Use the configuration for your currently running kernel (since you know it works). After going through the process a few times, you will begin to feel comfortable tweaking and changing settings.
I find it to be rather rewarding. You probably will too.
-Roberto
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