what kernel should I use

MonkeyMartin · Apprentice Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 272 Location: Canada

I am about to do a fresh install and I had a few questions

what kernel should I use? (thinking 2.6)

xorg or xfree (thinking xorg)

WM, KDE, GNOME (thinking fluxbox or gnome)

what do you use and why
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n3mo · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:28 am Post subject:

1 - Depends on the target: 2.6 on workstations, 2.4 on servers.
2 - xorg
3 - fluxbox is a really good project, very fast, you could use gnome if you want a desktop environment more than a WM.

......the last thing, in Gentoo you colud do whatever you want

MonkeyMartin · Apprentice Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 272 Location: Canada

this will be for a desktop

any other advice you can give me before I install

I have the nforce chipset
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John5788 · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:47 am Post subject:

go for gentoo-dev-sources, runs good for me
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n3mo · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:47 am Post subject:

I agreed with John5788, gentoo-dev-sources it's a good choise, xorg it's the default optino now for the Xserver, and fluxbox it's nice and fast, enjoy yourself.