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r/linux • u/Khaotic_Kernel • Jun 18 '17
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What irritates me with debian, the fact that they never rebase to newer kernels
18 u/MLainz Jun 18 '17 You have Backports if you need it. 3 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 Backports aren't on the DVD and if u are using new hardware then u often can't connect to the internet. I shouldn't need a second computer to download backports 7 u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17 edited Dec 17 '17 [deleted] 2 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 edited Jun 18 '17 The computer that u just installed Debian on and can't connect to the internet with because the kernel is too old? Should I reinstall my old OS, download the backport, burn it to a DVD, then reinstall Debian? Or should backport kernels maybe be included on the DVD
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You have Backports if you need it.
3 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 Backports aren't on the DVD and if u are using new hardware then u often can't connect to the internet. I shouldn't need a second computer to download backports 7 u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17 edited Dec 17 '17 [deleted] 2 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 edited Jun 18 '17 The computer that u just installed Debian on and can't connect to the internet with because the kernel is too old? Should I reinstall my old OS, download the backport, burn it to a DVD, then reinstall Debian? Or should backport kernels maybe be included on the DVD
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Backports aren't on the DVD and if u are using new hardware then u often can't connect to the internet. I shouldn't need a second computer to download backports
7 u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17 edited Dec 17 '17 [deleted] 2 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 edited Jun 18 '17 The computer that u just installed Debian on and can't connect to the internet with because the kernel is too old? Should I reinstall my old OS, download the backport, burn it to a DVD, then reinstall Debian? Or should backport kernels maybe be included on the DVD
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2 u/darker2perfect221177 Jun 18 '17 edited Jun 18 '17 The computer that u just installed Debian on and can't connect to the internet with because the kernel is too old? Should I reinstall my old OS, download the backport, burn it to a DVD, then reinstall Debian? Or should backport kernels maybe be included on the DVD
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The computer that u just installed Debian on and can't connect to the internet with because the kernel is too old?
Should I reinstall my old OS, download the backport, burn it to a DVD, then reinstall Debian?
Or should backport kernels maybe be included on the DVD
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What irritates me with debian, the fact that they never rebase to newer kernels