Peter Naulls wrote:
I've been using 2.5.0 for a year and a half. Not a single crash, and although I've had a number of reboots, those have been either due to changes in the kernel options or loss of power. My experience of Linux on ARM hardware is that it is far more stable than on x86 (YMMV). Having said that, 2.5.0 is getting on a bit, and I shall be upgrading shortly.
I agree, the Arm port is highly stable. I think my Netwinder is totally fantastic, it has been my firewall / webserver / router for a year and a half now. It is so stable that it approaches appliance status. I'm in the process of joining Debian, though, so I will probably begin utilizing it as my cross-platform development testbox again soon. Generally if I make something for x86, my next step is to build it on the Netwinder. If it passes that test then I have good confidence in my portability. I have found that using GNU Autotools for your make process greatly improves the portability of your code. I used to have a second `winder but I sold it to some dude from Spain. Kind of wish I had kept it, but thats life I guess, try not to be greedy, pass around the good stuff before it becomes totally useless ;-)