386 vs 686 kernels

[Dazed_75]

Ben: Thanks, I had not realized that the 1st Pentium was not part of
the 686 series.  Quite a surprise that was.

Stephen: Heh, I am having quite a time learning the "easier" distros.
I thought about Gentoo but suspect I am not ready for that learning
curve.  A weekend?  HAH - for me it would more likely be months at
least.  Maybe one day though I would have the confidence to try it on
a spare machine.  Right now I could not spare the time.

Kevin: In fact it was because I spotted the 686 kernel in Synaptic
that this question came to mind.  Too bad that "note" is not somewhere
prominent in an installation.

Thank you all for the replies.