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Old 07-28-2006, 07:28 PM   #1
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Combine Ubuntu and Debian


If I wanted the hardware support of Ubuntu 6.06 and Xorg combined with the latest stable version of Sarge, where could I look for a guide?
 
Old 07-28-2006, 07:44 PM   #2
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It probably doesn't exist. But what you can do to get the hardware support of Ubuntu on Sarge is to recompile the kernel with a 2.6.16 kernel. As for Xorg, you could try using backports.org. I've never had much luck with backports and I suspect installing Xorg would be a major change for since Sarge uses XFree86 still.

Really though, if you want a very stable system with Xorg and a new kernel, you should be able to just install Etch (debian testing). It'll have a 2.6.16 (maybe even 2.6.17) and will be at least as stable as Ubuntu, probably more so. Etch is set to become the new stable version sometime in December 2006...
 
Old 07-28-2006, 08:13 PM   #3
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Etch will probably provide the hardware support you're looking for as well
 
Old 07-28-2006, 11:12 PM   #4
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Why should Debian combine itself with a child distro that is based on an unstable version of itself?

Isn't that more like reassimilating?
 
  


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