Sarge Kernel Version

[booger]

I justed downloaded one of the most current 'daily' images of sarge. Is it safe for me to assume that it uses the 2.6 kernel? I read somewhere on the debian doc page that sarge is 2.4/2.6 but doesn't state which one is supplied with the most recent sarge image.

Lastly, after looking over the install doc's, the install seems pretty straight forward but are there any howto's on installing gdm, gnome, etc?

Thanks for the info.

[AdrianTM]

Type "uname -a" without the quotes in console to get the version of the kernel.

I think that sarge comes with GDM installed by default. if not just do this in console:

su
apt-get remove kdm (to remove KDM)
apt-get install gdm

Of course you can use Kpackage if you like it better than apt-get to install/remove software.

[startx]

but are there any howto's on installing gdm, gnome, etc?

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apt-get install gdm
apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment

will do the rest.
if you want extra packages like e.g. gnome-games ,
do

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apt-cache search gnome | more

to get a list of all gnome related packages.

[peschmae]

I justed downloaded one of the most current 'daily' images of sarge. Is it safe for me to assume that it uses the 2.6 kernel? I read somewhere on the debian doc page that sarge is 2.4/2.6 but doesn't state which one is supplied with the most recent sarge image.

As said it is 2.4/2.6 - 2.4 is default. You get 2.6 by passing "linux26" on the Install boot cd command line.

Peschmä

[Jeroen]

You can also always switch later on, once you've finished installation, the choice at install-time isn't permanent.