Well, i personally agree to what Collins said in the first mail. I really do think that the problems with the (supposedly) less-stable 2.6 kernels less common.I'm begining to believe that the kernel developers jumped the 2.4.x ship a bit too soon to get on with 2.6.x. I've experience all sorts of small pita problems as I've migrated up the 2.4.x tree. Once I've caught up on some of my work here, (dang! I knew I should have drained that swamp, way too many critters to deal with<G>) I'll be giving 2.6.x a shot on my main system. I have found that a lot of the "kernel savey" users aren't always the first to move up to a new kernel. The new kids on the block seem to lead perhaps because they feel that they must have the latest and greatest new toy. Having said that, "less problems reported because the user base have a greater knowledge in dealing with kernel related problems" falls way short of the truth. If I recall correctly, the first 2.4.x series started out with one patch after another. I ran with the 2.2.x on my firewall (upgraded and patched manytimes) untill this past weekend. That will be brought up to the 2.6.x kernel this coming weekend. My lab_rat has been running 2.6.1-rc1 without as much as a burp. I will be installing a new ATI card on it this week and see how that goes, if well then I'll be updating all the machines here to 2.6.1-rc1 or what ever is available on gentoo. I do not consider myself a linux expert nor am I a kernel(or anything else) hacker, my observations are merely from an end user perspective.
And people, how did you come to the conclusion that mostly "kernel-knowedgeable" people use the 2.6 series?? I mean, i don't think of myself as Mr Lamer, i can't hack the kernel in one afternoon either (that was probably a bit uptight, but i hope you get the picture).
I think that the main reason why to use the 2.6 kernel is the performance increase especially in X, and the overall speed and i daresay stability. And unless someone really plans to do weird shit with the kernel, i doubt he will come across some significant problems...
JMHO
-- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C
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