[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >While on the subject of 2.3.99-pre8, can Debian users who have tried it >comment on its stability (or lack thereof) for basic home-use (email & >WWW browsing under X) with Debian potato ? How about with Debian woody ?
Though I haven't tried 2.3.99-pre8 personally, I've tried 2.3.99-pre6, and discussion on the linux-kernel mailing list suggests that they have roughly the same problem; virtual memory performance while doing input/output is dreadful, and kswapd takes up a ludicrous amount of CPU time. Using kernels that recent leads to perceptible delays while *typing into an xterm* here. I'd recommend you stick with 2.3.99-pre3, perhaps even 2.3.51 if you don't need iptables. There shouldn't be much difference between potato and woody in this regard; it's a more fundamental problem than that. >One more thing, I am assuming that pppd-2.4.0b1 is in woody ? Just 2.3.11-1.4, I'm afraid, like potato. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
