[ale] kernel upgrade necessary?

[PBoyington at polyengineering.com (Preston Boyington)]

I am running a 2.2 kernel on my old Compaq laptop.?? Since it is slow and old will I see a benefit from a newer kernel?


Current specs:
?????????????? 133mhz
?????????????? 32mb ram
?????????????? Debian Woody 3.0
?????????????? Fluxbox


machine is used for email (mainly), but want to transfer the packages and config files to a updated/modern machine soon.?? Ideally, I want my machines to have the same basic look and feel as far as maneuvering and programs.

(I am very interested in trying "apt-get install kernel" since my last kernel didn't compile cleanly on Mandrake)


Thanks,
Preston


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