depends what you are using it for .....I did my latest build straight on a 2.6 (a desktop machine) but on a server it isnt really worth the gamble as a majority on improvements are towards the desktop latency side of things ....and bits and pieces may still be getting fixed .
Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Beveridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: RE: 2.6 stuff working...! Would you recommend starting with a 2.4 kernel & playing with a 2.6, or going straight to 2.6. I'm thinking a stable 2.4 would probably be a Good Thing. Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:47 PM > To: Linux Users Group > Subject: 2.6 stuff working...! > > > > managed to get it going :) I had to enable devfs support (it > must have been something different that was broken last time) > and enable UNIX98 TTY support (my xterms weren't working > after getting the system to boot). Now it's all go (apart > from ACPI. I'll have to wait for the ACPI patch to come > out...as usual:) > > -- > Tim Wright > > Assistant Lecturer > Department of Computer Science > University of Canterbury > > "Language, like terrorism, targets civilians and generates > fear to effect political change." > > -- "Collateral Language" John Collins and Ross Glover ed. >
