(see below) Alan wrote the following on 1/28/2005 4:39 PM:
T. Joseph CARTER wrote:
Sarge
hasn't been released yet, and Debian stable uses a 2.2 kernel still.
As much as I hate "distribution wars":
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 3.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search kernel-image kernel-image-2.2.20 - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.20. kernel-image-2.2.20-compact - Linux kernel binary image. kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci - Linux kernel binary image. ... kernel-image-2.4.18-1-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.18 on386. kernel-image-2.4.18-1-586tsc - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.18 kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 - Linux kernel image 2.4.18 on kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686-smp - Linux kernel image 2.4.18 on [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
While it's true that 2.2 is the default kernel(is this still the case? I know you can use 'bf24' to boot directly into a 2.4 kernel),changing to a 2.4 kernel is as easy as an apt-get.
This is _no_ different than updating your kernel on a RedHat box, or even downloading the source and compiling your own.
-ajb
It *seems* different, but I'm probably missing your meaning. Differences to me, being among: subscription/binary vs. roll-your-own/compilation, bootloader and module configuration, etc.
Most other distro's do not use kernel 2.2 by default... this is a big issue for many folks. Default security, is ideal of course...
but OTOH, to address one of Joseph's concern about lengthy compiles on old platforms: I *imagine* and *hope* that these folks are cross-compiling! Maybe they aren't, and you seem to know more about it. But the need to cover so many platforms, from devs around the world, would obviously increase the time to release... do you know if people with Atari's are actually compiling X on their Atari's, for instance?
regards,
Ben
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