[KLUG Members] Linux distro comparison

[Peter Buxton]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 06:47:49AM -0500, Adam Williams was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> > > Debian defines the concept of conservative.
> > That's only for the stable version of Debian. The unstable version is
> > very cutting edge, and works perfectly with kernel 2.6.0.
> 
> Well, that gives it a leg up over RH, where I can't get 2.6.0 to do
> anything but go down in flames.

Did you install module-init-tools? They coexist with the pre-2.5.36
modutils. The m-i-t modprobe(8), say, is first in execution. If it finds
it is running before a 2.5.36 kernel, it calls the modutils version of
modprobe for you. Transparent, yet simple on the poor user.

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