Linux Version Upgrade?

[ostony]

I'm currently running this version Linux 2.2.14-5.0. As a newbie, not quite sure which version I upgrade to from here. Any suggestions? Can I jump versions?

Thanks.

Tony

 

[timsr]

What distribution? The latest kernel may not be necessary depending upon the application. Mandrake uses 2.2.17 in 7.2 with the option of loading the beta 2.4 kernel. I have not found the need to upgrade for our applications.

 

[ostony]

As a newbie, I'm not quite sure how to determine the distribution. Is "i686" correct? Just to give you a little more detail, I'm running RH Linux 6.2.

Thanks for your help.

Tony

 

[mbaranski]

RH 6.2 is the distribution, running on an i386 machine. The i386 is the processor and architecutre, and RH 6.2 is the version on Redhat linux you hvae, probably using the 2.2.XX kernel. I would upgrade to 7.0 if I were you.

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[ostony]

In upgrading modules and distributions, why are some designated i386 and i686. And does this matter?