A good Linux kernel vintage?

[Eli Billauer]

Thanks for your answers.


Some of you asked what my requirements are. Well, it's pretty simple. I 
want my desktop computer to work. I want to keep my mind on the things 
I'm doing with my computer, and not on why this or that happened 
unexpectedly.


I would also love it to be multitasking. That means running one heavy 
operation, say compile a kernel or create a huge disk image, and 
meanwhile check my mail. Or watch a Youtube video.


I'm not expecting top performance. I just want it to do what one could 
fairly expect from a modern operating system.


I'm pretty close to that already, expect for a problem with the sound 
card (worked around with USB speakers) and that disk load bug. I'm 
starting to consider patching the existing kernel for those two 
problems, hoping not to mess things up. So no, I really don't mind 
compiling my own kernel.


As for running four-number kernels, and avoiding bleeding edge 
development kernels, well, of course.


What I really hoped with this question, is that someone who follows LKML 
pretty closely could point at a kernel which has become renowned for not 
having a lot of bug reports about crucial issues. One that actually got 
it right.


Anyone?


Eli Billauer wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I'm running Fedora 12 on my main computer, with no intentions to 
> upgrade the entire system (as I have a lot of non-distribution 
> software which will be headache to reinstall). My choice of 
> distribution in indeed questionable, but not the issue.
>
>
> I'd like to upgrade my kernel to anything > 2.6.36. But as many of you 
> know, Linux kernels are a bit like wine: You know if you got a good 
> one only after opening the bottle and waiting a little.
>
>
> So can anyone point at a kernel version (possibly flavor) which is 
> known to be a successful one? I'm not looking for answers such as "I'm 
> running kernel X.XX.XX with no problems". You may have problems you're 
> not aware of. For example, I want to leave 2.6.35 because of that 
> pretty famous system freeze under intensive disk load.
>
>
> What I would like to hear, is if someone can point at a certain kernel 
> version, which is well-known to be a success. One that is, in 
> retrospective, free from any serious bugs (such as the one mentioned 
> above).
>
>
> Any recommendations?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Eli
>


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