[Voyage-linux] Compiling compat-wireless

[Gustin Johnson]

I usually use aptitude to search, install, and uninstall packages.
For this example "aptitude search linux-image" returns:

v   linux-image                                                 -
v   linux-image-2.6                                             -
p   linux-image-2.6-486                                         -
Linux 2.6 for old PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-2.6-686                                         -
Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem                                  -
Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)
p   linux-image-2.6-amd64                                       -
Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-2.6-openvz-686                                  -
Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support
p   linux-image-2.6-vserver-686                                 -
Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-2.6-vserver-686-bigmem                          -
Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-2.6-xen-686                                     -
Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-486                                    -
Linux 2.6.32 for old PCs
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-686                                    -
Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem                             -
Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem-dbg                         -
Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64                                  -
Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-686                             -
Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, OpenVZ support
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-686-dbg                         -
Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-686
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686                            -
Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem                     -
Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM, Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem-dbg                 -
Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686                                -
Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Xen dom0 support
p   linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686-dbg                            -
Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686
i   linux-image-2.6.32-voyage                                   -
Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.32-voyage
p   linux-image-2.6.33.7-rt29-voyage                            -
Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.33.7-rt29-voyage
p   linux-image-486                                             -
Linux for old PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-686                                             -
Linux for modern PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-686-bigmem                                      -
Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)
p   linux-image-amd64                                           -
Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
p   linux-image-openvz-686                                      -
Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support
p   linux-image-vserver-686                                     -
Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-vserver-686-bigmem                              -
Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
p   linux-image-xen-686                                         -
Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support

You should choose the kernel that is most appropriate for your hardware.
I find that there are other benefits to aptitude, but they fall
outside the scope of this discussion.