Linux kernel 2.4 on Ubuntu 7.10 howto?

[Michael R. Head]

On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 22:43 +0200, Victor Sterpu wrote:
> It's not about what users do with their computers. They can do what they 
> want with them.
> 
> Many people that came here don't really know what they want. They can't 
> even start to imagine what the solution coud be. :)
> The user that initiated this thread may not actualy need a kernel replace.
> This is why the device type is important.

Indeed. Sometimes the question asked belies a deeper problem that can be
solved another (better) way. 

For example, I might ask, "how can I run Microsoft Word in Ubuntu?"
Well, if you just told me about Crossover office or something similar, I
might go through the hassle of installing all of that. But if you asked
me for more details you might find out that I don't OpenOffice (for some
reason) and you might suggest AbiWord to me. I could try that out and
perhaps it satisfies me.

So I agree, it's always valid to try and uncover the root problem,
rather than simply address the question as it was asked. The person
asking the question may be making some invalid assumptions (or not, but
you won't know until you ask).

mike

> Steve Flynn wrote:
> > On Dec 26, 2007 7:44 PM, Victor Sterpu <victor at ambra.ro> wrote:
> >   
> >> The problem with rephrasing is that Gerald is actualy right to ask that
> >> question.
> >>     
> >
> > I don't believe he is. I wasn't aware that anyone had to have
> > justification for wanting to do something with their installation -
> > the members of this list have no reason to know WHY a user wants to do
> > something - as the poster said, it's not actually important why he
> > wants to install a 2.4 kernel or what hardware he wants to use, just
> > that he does...
> >
> >   
> >> The odds are minimal to actualy need a kernel replace to 2.4.
> >>     
> >
> > Entirely dependant upon the hardware in question.
> >
> > Your link was far better than the zero information I offered to the OP
> > and for that I apologise.
> >
> >   
> 
> 
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Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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