Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, now to the real answer -- I've been running various 2.4 kernels > since 2.4.7. The kernels prior to 2.4.10 had some VM issues where it > would swap more than it should. I've been running 2.4.18 for a long > time and haven't had any problems with it. > > What's *wrong* with them, from a release perspective, is > o they are newer > o they kept changing significantly during the early release > cycle (more like a devel kernel than a stable one) > o they haven't had as much testing (stress, interoperability, > esoteric hardware) > o the only thing *wrong* with a 2.2 kernel is it doesn't have > the new features in 2.4 > o new features surely mean new bugs to be worked out > > From a *release perspective*, 2.2 is a safer decision than 2.4. You > wouldn't want woody to be uninstallable or have weird stability > problems on people's machines, now would you? Thus 2.2 is the default > while 2.4 is still a choice for those who want it.
iptables is the only thing that force me use 2.4 family. Is it possible to run iptables under 2.2 kernels? -- Eduardo Gargiulo ejg-debian @ ar.dyndns.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
