Per Jessen said the following on 07/07/2011 03:58 AM:
I think that is wrong, yes. When you compare two versions of openSUSE, the significant differences are found in the applications, not in the kernel. (sometimes in the kernel too of course).
Possibly. If this were me, I'd look at two things. First, I'd look at the history of the kernel. There have been many bug fixes, some to do with security, some to do with errors. There have also been enhancements to many things such as the file systems and the scheduler. They may or may not apply to you. Try http://*.kernel.org for various values of '*'. Go google. Try such as http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-2-6-39-Part-1-Net... and previous "log" articles. Second I'd look at what applications I use. Not just the top surface ones like your mailer and browser, but what goes to support then such as your desktop manager and all the bits that run under it like xorg and compositing and drivers. What fixes are there. Build a dependency tree. I regularly use mindmap tools so the tree-building is easy for me :-) Per would add a note about adding the negative, the things that have been taken away, such as the functions in Konqueror. What you end up with is the FACTS that feed your decision. FACTS. But you have to put at least as much effort in as you expect benefit out. Of course I'm lazy: I just upgrade and apply patches and fixes :-) -- For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much. W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, And Now All This (1932) introduction -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org