x86_64 or i386?

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:33:42PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > > Centos 3.x is still a good server choice.  I've always considered
> > > linux kernels to be stable around version x.x.20 or so.  
> > It's different now.
> Do you mean that with no odd-numbered development branch the
> 2.6.x line may never stabilize?

Even and odd no longer have anything to do with it. The 2.6.x.y releases get
a bit of stabilization, but mostly it's full steam ahead. The idea is that a
litte bit of change every release is better than a gigantic lump of changes
with a 2.8.0 which then requires 'til 2.8.20 to run smoothly.


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