I installed the mainline 2.6.5 kernel over the weekend on both FC1 and
FC2T1/2. Have not seem to have any problem (except the following caveat).
The biggest "annoyance" (to put it politely) is that, for systems which
have either the nForce chipset or the GeForce video cards, the drivers
must be recompiled for a specific kernel. Big bad pain in the rear.
This also means that you are practically prevented from dual-booting
from two kernel versions which share the same root partition.
Thus, unless nVidia becomes more open-sourcely correct (if ever), stay
away from their products. Use VIA chipsets and ATI cards.
Other than that, the mainline kernels appear to work seamlessly with
Fedora Core. For desktop users, you will love the new pre-emptive
feature of the 2.6 kernels. (FC2 has 2.6.5 kernel, but I don't think
this feature is turned on by default). wayne
