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On October 2, 2003 09:26 pm, William Kenworthy wrote:
> There is:
> redhat 9.0 still uses 2.4.20, but an update is due
> mandrake 9.1 2.4.21
>
> Gentoo is starting to look dated ... :)
In version number only :) Many of the patches in gentoo-sources midigate many
of the issues that are being addressed in later kernel releases. For example,
the hash table collision problem in the .20 kernel was not a problem in
gentoo sources because the grsecurity patch provided sufficent randomization
to midigate, or at least make a collision attack excedingly difficult.
>
> The reccomended, which is as close as you get to default is gentoo
> sources.
>
> I am starting to get hardware that wont run properly on
> 2.4.20-gentoo-sources - have to use gs-sources instead
>
> 2.4.20 gentoo-sources chokes on heavy load - multiple tasks at once,
> whereas 2.4.22-gss runs smoothly on the same machine
> (workstation/server)
This could be your configuration, i am using gentoo sources r7 right now on a
NFS & Samba box moving around about 25 gigs / hour using ATA Hard disks, and
it has had no impact on the squid proxy clients, or the ftp & web users.
Moreover, fluxbox still flys :)
For the most part gentoo-sources r7 is still just as good as the latest kernel
release. However, there are one or two pices of hardware out there that wont
run on it.
>
> and so on
>
> BillK
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 07:48, Dennis Freise wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "SMS WebMaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why gentoo don't use the last kernel ?
> >
> > > I know I can use any kernel version but I am asking why Gentoo don't
> > > use 2.4.22 as the default kernel ?
> >
> > I think, there IS no "default kernel" in gentoo - i'm pretty sure you
> > mean the gentoo-sources (which you by mistake think is "default").
> > Please choose any other kernel-tree, like -ac or the vanilla-sources if
> > you insist on using 2.4.22 - though I don't see any important reason for
> > changing from 2.4.20....
> >
> > Greets, Dennis
> >
> >
> >
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#include <stdio.h>
FILE *meaingOfLife() { FILE *Meaning_of_your_life = popen((is_reality(\
))?(is_arts_student())? "grep -i 'meaning of life' /dev/null": "grep \
- -i 'meaning of life' /dev/urandom": /* politically correct */ "grep -i\
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