Re: Best kernel for now?
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Tim Thomson wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to recompile my kernel to add bridging support. (For IPX)
>
> I'm currently running 2.0.33, it seems to run fine, although I'm wary of
> reports of it being rather unstable.
> I had 2.0.32, but gpm died after two weeks, restarting gpm didn't work,
> but rebooting did. I have no idea if this was a kernel problem, but I
> think it happened twice. 2.0.33 has had no such problem.
2.0.33 has been the most stable of the 2.0.x kernels for me so far.
> Anyway, I'm considering changing kernels.
>
> I am running a 386SX/20 machine w/ 8meg of RAM, 100meg IDE HDD.
> I use it mostly for Samba, IPMASQ with dial-up line, Mail and news server.
> I don't have a CDROM or SCSI hardware on this machine, so I'm not worried
> about support for these.
>
> How are the 2.0.34prethingees like? Very stable? What advantages over
> 2.0.33?
>
> What are the unstable kernels (2.1.x) like? What advantages over the
> stable ones?
Unless you need something in the 2.1.x kernels that is not in the 2.0.x
kernels, I would stick with a 2.0.x kernel.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tim.
>
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