[NBLUG/talk] Debian and kernel upgrades

[Steve Johnson]

Jeremy Turner wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 16:46, Steve Johnson wrote:
> 
>>Can you upgrade the kernel via apt-get or is it just best to download 
>>the source for kernel.org and compile by hand?
> 
> 
> I upgrade my kernels from apt-get because it's the least hassle.
> 
> I think it's basically a personal preference.  If you want to take the
> time and compile everything by hand, you're free to do that.  If you
> know your hardware is not going to change ever, you can remove devices
> that you don't need.  This is probably better because (as a general
> rule) the less you have in your system, the less is available for some
> local user to try to execute buffer overflows, etc, on your system.  In
> other words, if you don't need it, don't include it.
> 
> That said, the only kernel I've really compiled was for a work PowerPC
> G4 that had SCSI hard drives and I couldn't get an initrd image built
> for.
> 
> However, my home machine gets its kernels via apt-get.
> 
> Jeremy
> 

Ya, I've been compiling kernels by hand for years now =)  So I am 
familier with compiling them.  I was mainly just curious if apt-get was 
a good alternative to keep the kernel up to date.

What package do you install if you want the latest kernel?

-Steve