On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Thomas Hertweck wrote:
> ianseeks wrote:
> > [...]
> > If you were going to make a choice to download the latest (or as close to
> > latest) kernel from the repositories - which path do you take?
> > If i go to this mirror for example
> > http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/Kernel:/
> > do i go to "HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/i586/"
> > or "Vanilla/SUSE_Factory/"
>
> Well, I don't know the details, but the name "vanilla" implies that this
> is the vanilla kernel from kernel.org while the HEAD directory contains
> the SuSE kernel and kernel sources (i.e. vanilla kernel with additional
> SuSE patches). Therefore, the answer to your question is: you need to
> decide which kernel you would like to use and then choose the
> corresponding directory. In any case, do not replace your existing
> kernel, install any new kernel in addition to the old one.
>
> HTH, Th.


Thanks Thomas.  That makes sense.  Now to search out the sources and see if 
the Nvidia drivers can cope with the new HEAD version but i migh wait for the 
official latest rather than the RC version they currently have
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