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

[Gabriel Dragffy]

From what I understand I doubt you'll see the difference between a 386 
kernel and optimized 686 one, so doubt you'll see benefits in a custom one. My 
friend tried doing it though and it broke the computer.
On Monday 08 May 2006 17:12, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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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