Kernels (newbie)

[Matthew S-H]

For me, NTFS filesystem support would be useful.  How would I go about 
finding that specific kernel?
And is there any place that I can find a generalized list of the 
"stable" kernels that are available and what additional features they 
offer?  This would be awesome, and might help me get around many of the 
issues I have.


~Matt



On Mar 15, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran wrote:

> Matthew S-H wrote:
>
>> I keep hearing on this list about changing the /kernel/ that I have 
>> installed. For example, there was a recent thread about raising 
>> memory usage above 860MB by installing a different kernel that 
>> supports it.
>> What does this all mean? What are thee different kernels available? 
>> Which one would be the best for normal personal use? etc, etc
>>
>>
>> ~Matt
>
>  Kernel recompiling can be done with ease, in Ubuntu or for that 
> matter any Debian based distro. First analyze what are the features 
> you want your kernel to support, and then download the kernel that can 
> meet your purposes. For instance, I downloaded kernel 2.6.6 for NTFS 
> filesystem support. It's in fact available from kernel-2.4, but not 
> stable (so I was told). I recompiled the kernel and installed it. The 
> advantage you get when recompiling a kernel is that you get to know 
> your system  much better.
>  You can also try installing a latest kernel image directly using 
> apt-get or synaptic. These are pre-compiled kernels.
>  Go ahead, with recompiling the kernel on your own. You can even 
> remove the kernel if you don't like it, simply using "dpkg -r".
>
>  Happy Kernel Tweaking!
>
>
> Ciao,
>
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