Re: [SLUG] custom kernel issues

From: Steve (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 23:02:12 EST


On Wednesday 07 January 2004 10:00 pm, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 January 2004 12:20 am, Craig Zeigler wrote:
> > you might try a 2.6 kernel
>
> I may eventually try a 2.6, but I'm usually one who likes to give things a
> few months for the dust to settle before I jump in. I haven't really paid
> much attention to what's new in 2.6 so I don't know if there's anything new
> that I'd really want yet. I'd be happy to have a 2.4 kernel that is
> recognizes my Athlon, all 1024MB of RAM in my machine and has been trimmed
> down to be relatively free of extraneous bloat. I'd happily run that kernel
> 'till I needed a feature in a newer kernel or a vulnerability is discovered
> in the version I'm using.
>
> Thanks,
> Nate

Ahh, come on! We NEED YOU to be our test dummy!
Please, Pretty Please, with bytes on top!

Actually I'm quite interested in testing it on my home machine. It's supposed
to already be more stable than 2.4 and VERY responsive. The desktop user
experience is speeded up a lot!

-- 
Steve

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