Re: [SLUG] custom kernel issues

From: Nathan Anderson (nathana@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 16:39:31 EST


On Wednesday 07 January 2004 11:02 pm, Steve wrote:
> 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!
>

Well, if you're going to butter me up like that.... : )

> 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!

Hmm... Actually 2.6 does sound interesting, maybe I'll DL those sources too
and conduct a highly respected, extremely scientific seat of my pants 2.4 /
2.6 comparison on my Athlon machine. Hard to not be tempted by the promise of
a better performing computer!

Thanks,
Nate
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