2.6.23 kernel

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Res wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Scott Henson wrote:
>
> > John Wendel wrote:
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > Don't be a wimp!  Seriously, if you've got some spare time and a
> > > non-critical box, you should build 2.6.23, beat it up, and file
> > > bug reports. It's the way we non-kernel-developers can
> > > contribute.
> >
> > I have no problem with that, but as for a box I actually care
> > about and want to get stuff done on, vendor kernels all the way.
> >
>
> I recall, hrmmmmmm RH4 i think it was, maybe earlier, an automatic
> update rendored my desktop useless, they corrected it within hours,
> but thats too late for the poor suckers like me that were affected,
> since then, a valuable lesson learnt was never trust a vendors
> "update" verbatim, and since then, I've never used a RH kernel, once
> bitten ok, twice bitten your a damned fool.

ummmmmm ... over-dramatize much?

rday
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