On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:55:36AM +0200, swdev wrote: [cut]
> I noticed that I am running Linux 3.16 > > ~$ uname -a > Linux jrlp02 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 > (2016-01-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux > ~$ > > Is there some where I can find pre-packaged versions of Linux - say 4.4 for > installation, or would I have to install the source and complie? > > Would this be sensible to install and test? > I believe it would be far better to compile your own kernel, rather than dist-upgrading to unstable (which is usually not that much fun, indeed, especially if you use your computer for work...). You might be able to start from a make oldconfig and then do any necessary tweaking with make menuconfig Then the easiset thing if you have not complied a kernel before is to use kernel-package, which can compile your kernel and make a .deb out of it. My2Cents KatolaZ -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
