Info on kernel choice

[Thomas Beckett]

As far as i know you are right in that any WOULD work. They are simply
different versions for different optimizations. 386 is the base kernel
that is compiled to work on all systems. Its actually against the 486
instruction set i think ratehr than the 386 as the name suggests. Te
k7 is for athlon processors and includes optimizations for its
specific features and 686 is for Pentium 4s. The smp moniker variants
are just for systems running with more than 1 processor (symetric
mulit-processing). In your case I think the 686 would be the best one
if it is a recent celeron otherwise the 386. For general computing i
would argue that there is not much to differentiate them but i may be
wrong, in that case its easier to just use the 386 version that
installs be default.

feel free to correct me if im wrong on any ofthe points :)


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:02:04 -0400, de Selby <dadaism at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a relatively new linux user and so far I'm extremely impressed
> with Ubuntu. I'm even considering completely abandoning WinXP for
> Ubuntu on my home desktop too, so take that as an anecdote of success
> if you wish.
> 
> Anyway, I have a general question on kernel upgrades: I installed
> Ubuntu from a pre-release version downloaded a few weeks ago - I'm
> thinking about upgrading my system now or in the near future
> (according to the instructions at
> http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/WartyWarthog/UpgradeNotes ) but I'm at a
> loss as to which kernel to chose (linux-386, linux-k7, linux-k7-smp,
> linux-686 or linux-686-smp). Could someone provide a link to some
> information on  these choices or perhaps a brief explanation of them?
> I'm having difficulty sorting out all of the information on kernel's
> that my searches are bringing up.
> FYI, I'm running Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop with a Pentium Celeron
> processor - I imagine any of the above choices would work, but how do
> I decide which is best?.
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> de Selby
> 
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