ubuntu doesn't run a i386 kernel on disk, does it? it runs a i686 which doesn't work properly on i586's, for obvious reasons. <div>On 4/18/07, Charles Ulrich <<a href="mailto:charles@idealso.com">charles@idealso.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Wednesday 18 April 2007 15:54, Julie Code wrote: > I was wondering if someone would be willing to install debian on my > laptop. I am wanting debian instead of damn small because they have > better apts becuase I want to put LaTex on my computer and all the > packages that goes with it.  I hear there is a new debian out? You might want to go with Ubuntu instead. It's based on Debian but is far easier to install and far easier to use. If Ubuntu doesn't have the LaTeX packages you want, I believe most Debian packages work just fine in Ubuntu. -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC -- <a href="http://www.idealso.com">http://www.idealso.com</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caleb Cushing