[64studio-devel] New kernel & GNOME backports

[tim hall]

Hi Free,
you wrote:
> A new kernel (2.6.22) is in the testing branch, please would you give
> it a try and see if the problem is still there?
>   

I'm just about to install this.

I have been testing out the backported GNOME. I'm sorry to say I rather 
like it, I can't say that performance has radically improved, but there 
are an awful lot of little tweaks, which are, well, nice. Synaptic-0.60, 
which I also upgraded at the same time now has an 'Origin' tab, which is 
well smart. This means users of mixed source systems like myself can 
tell exactly where they got any particular package from. That made the 
new linux-image very easy to find. Do I need to install the 
linux-headers as well? I notice they're not dependencies, so I guess not.

I am particularly interested in the USB support. 2.6.21-1-multimedia-486 
hung or slowed inoperably everytime I plugged a USB device in.

I'll let you know how it goes. ;)

cheers,

tim
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