DNQs: SMP and package list.

[Michael R. Head]

On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 11:33 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> CwCrei wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> > 
> > DNQ = Dumb Newbie Questions.
> > 
> > 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

Right. the -686 packages are SMP enabled. The -386 packages are not.

However, it's probably better to install
linux-686
or 
linux-image-686

Since that will make sure you've got the latest with all the security
fixes.

> > Can you also tell me where to find a fairly easily readable list of
> > packages available to the APT? Such a list would no doubt answer
> > question one, too... :)
> 
> packages.ubuntu.com

Yup. http://packages.ubuntu.com is a great resource.

mike

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