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Upgrading Your Current System To Kernel 2.6

Posted by timothy on from the share-and-enjoy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This white paper provides an overview of the process of moving an existing desktop system to the 2.6 kernel. It will highlight other software requirements imposed by the new kernel and administrative changes that you must make when migrating an existing system to the 2.6 kernel. It supplements previous whitepapers in the same series about Customizing the 2.6 kernel [Slashdot discussion here(1)] and porting drivers to the 2.6 kernel [Slashdot discussion here(2)] to the 2.6 kernel."

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  1. I can't find it anywhere.... by MeanE · · Score: 5, Funny

    on Windows update?!? Where the heck is it?

  2. Re:I wish I had this two months ago by scrytch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stories like this do nothing to help build a convincing argument to Windows users that Linux is in fact the better OS. If even seasoned Linux users have problems upgrading their kernel, think of how frustrating it would be for someone less technically-inclined.

    Tell me about it, the other day I just slapped the Win2k kernel into my win98 box and it just sailed right through, no problems at all...

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  3. ObOldSaw by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not exactly the most user-friendly system around.

    Sure it is. It's just picky about who its friends are.

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  4. Re:What I'd like to see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Gentoo anything that only takes a couple of hours *is* a breeze.