On 15 February 2012 02:34, green <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am *not* looking for disposable hardware. I am *not* interested in > purchasing a maintenance burden. I need *rock-solid* *long-term* Linux > reliability on *rock-solid* hardware. Will Compulabs continue to provide > updated custom kernels a year or more from now? I doubt it, considering that > the custom kernel they provide for their product now does not work (strictly > speaking). >
Fair points. I guess you would need to go with an Atom or other x86 system which would have a more mature architecture, rather than ARM. For my personal needs I'm thinking of desktop usage, so I'm not thinking of a mission-critical application, and ultra-reliability is not a necessity, though it is desiable :). A custom kernel that doesn't work is obviously going to be a problem, but if it works well enough then it would be fine for me. But I guess it does make a difference to something that might be mission-critical because the changes to the kernel are not likely to be widely tested or reviewed so it's a definite risk, even if it's a small one, that there are undetected bugs or security flaws present. However that's just an uninformed view on my part, I don't really know anything about linux kernel development and how robust the system is against bugs that might be introduced with the sort of customisation that Compulab are doing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAAvq_òzlmsn1tyrovosfx7iulpqz3dbklwgdxdn-j9jbh...@mail.gmail.com
