I do understand what the basic difference is between the 386 and 686 versions of the kernel and would expect that the 686 kernel would be an advantage with my P4 3 Ghz machine (actually for any machine with a newer than 386 processor). My question though is twofold: 1) Is there any drawback to upgrading my Ubuntu 5.10 (or 6,x soon) to using a 686 version of the kernel? 2) Is there any good reason for a package manager like Synaptic NOT to recognize and suggest the possible upgrade? -- Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. - James M. Barrie --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss