From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932357AbWCMIRv (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:17:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932358AbWCMIRu (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:17:50 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:32189 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932357AbWCMIRu (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:17:50 -0500 Subject: Re: Which kernel is the best for a small linux system? From: Arjan van de Ven To: j4K3xBl4sT3r Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <436c596f0603121640h4f286d53h9f1dd177fd0475a4@mail.gmail.com> References: <436c596f0603121640h4f286d53h9f1dd177fd0475a4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:17:47 +0100 Message-Id: <1142237867.3023.8.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 21:40 -0300, j4K3xBl4sT3r wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been seeing many Linux versions, with many features, some of them > just for the newest branches (2.4.x and 2.6.x), I would like to know > for which kind of system each kernel is recommended. On the distros > that we see inside the Net there is the 2.4.x series, normally I > update to 2.6.x (in case of my Slackware 10.2, even getting problems > with some devices). Is that floppy disks uses only 2.0.x and 2.2.x > Kernels? If applicable, where can I get (detailed) information about > these issues? I'm new on Kernel managing, started doing my own distros > at less than one month and would like to know it. regardless of the size issue; you should really not start any new projects based on 2.4 kernels; they are in deep deep maintenance mode for now, but it's unclear how long they will be (I suppose as long as people keep sending patches), especially complex security issues should worry people ;) 2.6 is actively maintained and will be for quite some time :)