A good Linux kernel vintage?

[sara fink]

1. Do you intend to configure the kernel by yourself or just install it and
boot?
2. I use 2.6.38 on gentoo without problems for a couple of months already
on 2 machines. It also has gentoo patches.
3. Which requirements are important to you?



On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> 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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