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2.4, The Kernel of Pain

Posted by jamie on from the my-destiny-to-be dept.

Joshua Drake has written an article for LinuxWorld.com called The Kernel of Pain. He seems to think 2.4 is fine for desktop systems but is only now, after a year of release, approaching stability for high-end use. Slashdot has had its own issues with 2.4, so I know where he's coming from. What have your experiences been? Is it still too soon for 2.4?

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  1. Heh (horribly OT) by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your formatting reminds me of this post from alt.(somethingorother).metallica in '93 or so. It looked so poetic that I saved it. Check it out:

    Well about two months ago
    I found Garage Days Re-revisited
    on tape in a used record shop
    for about ten dollars

    I came back two weeks later and
    found Kill 'Em All with the two extra
    songs-on tape for 3.50

    I came back last week and found a rare
    Soundgarden CD (Badmotorfinger w/the
    Somm EP) for around 15.00

    SO, hope is alive, those albums are still
    floating around in some form

    --
    "If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he's sorely mistaken." Bush on bin Laden
  2. Press Release by edibleplastic · · Score: 5, Funny

    And in other news, the Associated Press is reporting that Linus Torvalds has sent out a memo to the core Linux development team telling them to make stability their "highest priority". In his memo he called this strategy "Trustworthy Computing", saying that it should not be the case that people have to use previous versions of the OS in order to find a stable working environment.

  3. I can't resist by kindbud · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was the kernel of fire... the kernel of destruction... the kernel that took back what was ours. It was the kernel of rebirth... the kernel of great sadness... the kernel of pain... and the kernel of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the kernel where everything changed. The year is 2001. The version: Linux 2.4.5
    Cue martial music

    --
    Edith Keeler Must Die