Linked by Michael Katsevman on Thu 6th Nov 2003 19:33 UTC
Debian is widely considered the Linux distribution with the best package management tool, APT and one of the largest software bases (>13,000). However, the installation horror stories kept me away. Nevertheless, eager to try it out, I failed to install various other Debian GNU/Linux based distributions. Some failed to boot even after I tried to reinstall for the fourth time, and others just couldn't detect my hardware. While Knoppix is highly recommended, I decided to stick with hard-drive based distros (Although it is the distribution of choice for LiveCDs). Then came Libranet.
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Upgrading the kernel is actually pretty easy in Debian if you use GRUB as your bootloader. What you need to do is, first, make sure that you have a file called 'kernel-img.conf' in /etc directory and that it has these two lines:
postinst_hook=/sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook=/sbin/update-grub
If you don't have this file, create it. Next, install the latest kernel-image from Debian's repository and that's about it. After this 'apt-get dist-upgrade' updates your kernel automatically every time a new Debian kernel-image is released. Enjoy! :^)