Re: question about Debian
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dman@dman.ddts.net> wrote:
>
> Ok, now to the real answer -- I've been running various 2.4 kernels
> since 2.4.7. The kernels prior to 2.4.10 had some VM issues where it
> would swap more than it should. I've been running 2.4.18 for a long
> time and haven't had any problems with it.
>
> What's *wrong* with them, from a release perspective, is
> o they are newer
> o they kept changing significantly during the early release
> cycle (more like a devel kernel than a stable one)
> o they haven't had as much testing (stress, interoperability,
> esoteric hardware)
> o the only thing *wrong* with a 2.2 kernel is it doesn't have
> the new features in 2.4
> o new features surely mean new bugs to be worked out
>
> From a *release perspective*, 2.2 is a safer decision than 2.4. You
> wouldn't want woody to be uninstallable or have weird stability
> problems on people's machines, now would you? Thus 2.2 is the default
> while 2.4 is still a choice for those who want it.
iptables is the only thing that force me use 2.4 family. Is it possible
to run iptables under 2.2 kernels?
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Eduardo Gargiulo
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