A good Linux kernel vintage?

[Eli Billauer]

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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