It's a hardware thing. If you have some hardware that may be better
supported go for it. Otherwise, there are some drawbacks: No choice for
power management, no graphical bootup, no supermount support, pmfirewall
broken & others. I'm sure there are probably some cures for the some of the
above, but haven't figured it out as of yet.
-s
On Sunday 14 January 2001 09:27 pm, you wrote:
> This is probably a stupid question for some of you on this list,(and I am
> new with linux), but what advantages do I get with updating the kernel from
> the 2.2.17 to 2.4.0?
>
> I would imagination it is a plus for the software, but I would just like to
> know.
>
>
> It said "Close all open windows and restart. So I rolled up the windows
> and turned the key again. It just made the starter grind really bad and it
> got really hot in the car.
>
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