On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:55:36AM +0200, swdev wrote:

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> I noticed that I am running Linux 3.16
>
> ~$ uname -a
> Linux jrlp02 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3
> (2016-01-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ~$
>
> Is there some where I can find pre-packaged versions of Linux - say 4.4 for
> installation, or would I have to install the source and complie?
>
> Would this be sensible to install and test?
>

I believe it would be far better to compile your own kernel, rather
than dist-upgrading to unstable (which is usually not that much fun,
indeed, especially if you use your computer for work...).

You might be able to start from a

make oldconfig

and then do any necessary tweaking with

make menuconfig

Then the easiset thing if you have not complied a kernel before is to
use kernel-package, which can compile your kernel and make a .deb out
of it.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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