Cool, they are better kernels. thanks,
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 11:41, Tim Fournet wrote: > Red Hat applies patches to the kernel that vary from the kernel.org > kernel. Often these are improvements from the next kernel version or > additions that aren't included in the main kernel tree, such as those > written by Alan Cox or their other kernel hackers. This, for example, > allows them to use features out of a newer kernel without risking the > instabilities of other new features. To see exactly what's been done in > Red Hat kernels, you can install the kernel-source rpm and browse the > resultant trees in /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/redhat/. > > -Tim > > > Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > >OK, hello once again, > > > >I thought that the only central piece of a linux distribution was the > >kernel and the many common applications. What does it mean to support a > >"stock, -ac, Red Hat, or Mandrake kernels" I thought custom compile is a > >s good as it gets. Is the kernel different from distro to distro? Do > >they not use exacly what is in kernel.org? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Alvaro > > > >On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 18:03, John Hebert wrote: > > > > > >>There's a nice article on the upcoming features in Gentoo 1.4 on > >>http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/intro_gentoo.html by the > >>project's > >>founder, Daniel Robbins (who is a really nice guy!). It describes some of > >>the nice features of Gentoo and what's coming next in version 1.4. I plan > >>to > >>install it on a PowerMac 8500 soon, hopefully. > >> > >>-- > >>John Hebert > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
