On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 22:20, hashik thajudeen wrote: > What is the difference of 2.4 and 2.6 for the normal > user
1. pre-emptive kernel. that means a more responsive desktop. 2. alsa in the kernel tree. you dont have to separately install it. 3. lm-sensors and i2c in the kernel tree. no separate compiling and installing those 4. then, the latest and greatest of everything.... -:) > and what is NUMA (a Key feature of kernel 2.6) NUMA stands for Non Uniform Memory Access. this is used in large multiprocessor systems. you dont need this in your kernel unless you know what it is -:) for more details check this out http://lse.sourceforge.net/numa/faq/ regards bobby
