You may be better off just going straight over to,

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel

and having a look around for a vanilla .tar.bz2 package there.

deb always seems to be a bit behind the current release. And, as kernel development moves really fast, with lots of bug/facility improvements going on. The lates version is usually only available via raw sources.

By passig deb's packaging system wont do any harm there, more likely a benefit really.

One good trick is to find an package on a magazine cdrom/dvd and then just download the subsequent patch set to bring it up to current.

Just unpack it any where you want, even in /usr/src, and go over the README. The 2.6.x is easy to compile, but the config process can be a bit tiresome (gconfig).

Just typing "make help" provides good info as well.

It may be a good idea to look over some of the many different maintainer patch sets too. They all have their advocates, (-ck)


jm

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