2014-03-16, 13:30
(2014-03-16, 03:49)vbat99 Wrote: So is there any advantage/disadvantage to also updating the kernel (knowing miappa is gpu updates)?? And if advantage, how to update?
The raspbian kernel has been updated more recently and may support more devices (e.g. the HifiBerry).
The raspbmc may include some modules that raspbian doesn't (I'm not sure exactly what).
There are no doubt different choices made which could affect the amount of free memory, and the performance.
Which is better, I don't know. Feel free to make a backup, update the kernel and report any differences.
I've seen a number of people report they have updated (e.g. to get HifiBerry support) and no reports that performance was noticeably different,
so I guess any change will be marginal.