should "apt-get dist-upgrade" include kernel updates???

[Dotan Cohen]

On 5/7/06, Gabriel Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
> 386 will work fine, but 686 is more optimized. 686 is for Pentium Pro CPU or
> higher, so almost any Pentium machine apart from ones using the very first
> versions of the Pentium chip. You probably won't see any benefits but it
> should theoretically be faster.

What about custom kernels? Is that too far a reach for a newbie? I've
heard that they have speed benefits, and as I've only 256MB RAM, I'd
like any advantage that I can get.

Dotan Cohen
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