On Tuesday 24 April 2001 15:49, you wrote:
crrey wrote:
Heir Hasenstein, du ist der Mann (forgive my German). All I really ever wanted was someone to acknowledge my situation and give me a straight answer (God - I sound like my wife - lol). So would it be more prudent for me to stick with the 2.2.18 kernel (I'm likely going to have to re-install anyway) and wait for a more stable/user friendly 2.4.x version (and if the new
We made 2.2.18 the default for a reason... no way that you can expect the same level of maturity from a fresh kernel line that the long-tested 2.2 line has. It's not a stability issue (any more), but more things like driver support and other stuff around the kernel instead of in the kernel.
version is the focus of the teams efforts - I don't mind spending money for it - I just want a stable and polished sys)? And, If indeed I should hold off on the 2.4.x upgrades (or default 7.1 install), when and how will I no that the polished kernal is out (realizing you can't give me a fix date, I'm talking about an announcement or something similar)?
When it's time for kernel 3.0 (I don't think they'll call the next one 2.6) 2.4 will be a very stable and mature line... personally, I'll switch to 2.4 with the next SuSE release in summer.
Please please make it before the middle of July!! ;-) At least that's when I'll be traveling back to the states and would dearly love to pick it up while there. -- Powered by SuSE 7.1, Kernel 2.4.2 KDE2.1.1 For a great linux portal try http://www.freezer-burn.org