Hi, On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 02:09:30PM +0000, Steve Kleene wrote: > I'm about to get a new desktop and want to run Lenny on it. I'm replacing a > seven-year-old PC, now running Lenny, that has been crashing off and on for a > couple of years. > > When I built my first Debian machine, I had to use testing (Etch at the time) > because stable (Sarge) didn't yet support my NIC. Is there anything in new > hardware that I should particularly avoid because it might not be suppprted > by Lenny? I'll be keeping the old peripherals, so this only concerns the > components inside the case.
These hardware compatibilities are primarily decided by the kernel. Check kernel version of lenny and the recent kernel updates on new HWs. If you see many commits, then you know... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110119143542.gb5...@debian.org
