Subj : Re: upgrade to 2.6.x?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Jul 12 2004 01:51 am

Digi enlightened us with:
> I am wondering if the 2.6.x kernel series is now stable enough for
> everyday use

It is for me on Gentoo. It does contain a lot of Gentoo-added patches.

> and whether I should upgrade to it.

That depends on if you want to have it.

> 2.6.7 is now available with apt-get, so it would be an easy install.

I never installed the kernel using apt-get on Debian, I always got the
source from kernel.org and compiled it myself. That was before I
switched to Gentoo, though.

> What I want to know is:  Does the 2.6 series still have major
> problems?

Not that I'm aware of.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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