> I've never installed debian, still cannot get over the fact that the > debian stable consists of a 2.2 kernel, and I know they include a 2.4 > but doesnt that make 90% of the debian users on unstable which means the > stable isn't even being pressed for improvements or fixes just upgrades? > Ill stick with gentoo.
Debian consists of 3 trees. Stable / Testing / Unstable. The common names for those currently are Woody / Sarge / Sid. Debian 3.0 Stable (Woody) includes both 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. It's just that the 2.2 kernel is the default. The install disk can use either, there's a boot option for it. Debian also includes a kernel-package that automates building .deb packages from whatever kernel source you want to download and use. I like Gentoo as well, at least until someone checked in a bad ebuild script and killed my ability to use emerge.
