DNQs: SMP and package list.

[Joris Dobbelsteen]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
>[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of 
>Matthew Flaschen
>Sent: zondag 25 februari 2007 17:34
>To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>Subject: Re: DNQs: SMP and package list.
>
>CwCrei wrote:
>> Hi folks!
>> 
>> DNQ = Dumb Newbie Questions.

What's that? We should all start somewhere, isn't it?
Rather questions than people who don't listen...

>> I'm an Ubuntu newcomer, and pretty much a Linux newbie too. 
>I've just 
>> installed a couple of Dapper LAMP servers, and have added 
>things like 
>> SSH and Samba (the latter of which I have still to figure out how to 
>> set up properly). I'm very pleased with things so far...
>> 
>> However, both installs have been on dual processor machines, 
>so I need 
>> to install SMP kernels to get the best out of them - can you 
>advise on 
>> the best way to go about this?
>
>Install linux-image-2.6.15-28-686

I believe there was a 'higher-level' package.
linux-686-smp
Seems in edgy it has become linux-generic.

By default it seems it was linux-386 for compatibility with older
systems.

Don't know the details, but I think these are better, since they will
update their dependancies to newer kernel revisions.

Besides this you don't have to try any 'processor-specific' kernels.
They are non-existing in Ubuntu any more. They favor a generic kernel
for all systems (with good reasons imho).

- Joris