tux on 2.4.27 kernel and referrer checking

[Dean Lim]

I just checked out the mailing list at kernel.org and alot of people
are complaining about the new 2.6.9 kernel and all its bugs regarding
production use. I would really like to use the 2.6 kernel series so I
am wondering why you say its stable for production use.


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:48:54 -0700, joe <joe at tmsusa.com> wrote:
> Dean Lim wrote:
> 
> >Really? Alot of people I asked said that 2.6.8.1 was development grade
> >so I kind of assumed 2.6.9 is too or am I wrong about 2.6.8.1 being
> >development as well?
> >
> >
> AFAIK all kernel.org releases can now be considered "development grade",
> of interest to developers, integrators and brave beta testers. For
> production use, the normal practice is to run a linux distribution from
> a vendor. The vendor kernels are carefully patched and subjected to
> rigorous testing, so the vendors can certify and support their
> enterprise distributions.
> 
> Disclaimer: for specific tux issues with 2.6, Ingo will be able to offer
> more insight...
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Joe
> 
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