Re: 2.2 kernel vs 2.4 kernel

[Sam Rosenfeld <sam@wdn.com>]

Thanks for all the responses to my query.

s.

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 01:55:13PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> Sam Rosenfeld <sam@wdn.com> writes:
> 
> > What are the advantages (and disadvantages ) of Linux 2.4 compared
> > with Linux 2.2?  References will suffice.
> 
> * netfilter/iptables instead of ipchains: Better packet filtering,
>   e.g. stateful filtering, many more matches on packets with lots of
>   kernel modules which can be easily be written.
> 
> * Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
> 
> * File systems: ext3, reiserfs, tmpfs (RAM based FS that shares the
>   swap space), devfs (device file system)
> 
> * Bett^WNew VM (virtual memory) system
> 
> * Better USB support