2.4, The Kernel of Pain

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Posted by jamie on Wednesday January 16, 2002 @07:30PM 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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first post? by Tetrad69 · 2002-01-16 19:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ahh, forget it...
Re:BIll Clinton is the cause of 9/11! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 20:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'd vote for a president who prefers to have his dick sucked by a delicious intern instead of getting his kicks from assassinating people all around the world without the due process.
Besides, GWB was chocking on pretzels while drinking coke (instead of snorting coke?). I guess he's too stupid to do two things at the same time.
Laundry by John+Smith+number+85 · 2002-01-16 21:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

so yesterday i went to my laundry at the laundramat which is the place that people generally go to do their laundry unless you happen to own a washing machine and dryer. i did last year and boy is it a pain having only one washer and dryer for 7 people because when it breaks you have to call the number on the little tiny silver sticker on the side of the machine, you know the one with the number on it, it's silver and has a number on it, silver is in interesting color it's kind of a combination of both white and black only that would be grey, and silver is not grey because it's silver and sliver is shiny which grey is not otherwise it would be sliver coins are silver, well actully their more of a greyish metalic color but their close enough, sometimes really old coins are almost completely grey but their not really grey because their silver, one time i got this coin from canada, candaians are weird because they use weird money and say aboot instead of about, my friend is canadian, which means he is from canada which is where all canadians are from, he flies airplanes, ohh hey airplanes are silver too! well thats just about all i have to say about laundry, bye bye, - Little Johnny
Re:Au contraire by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 21:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why was this modded down?! It is totally on-topic. Damn Linux zealots...
Re:Moderators: by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 21:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Give this guy a (+1) insightfull, he did come off sounding stupid, and he accurately predicted it.
The real irony... by ameoba · 2002-01-16 21:36 · Score: 2, Offtopic

What I find truley ironic about the 2.4 series is that, before it was released, there was a big delay because they wanted it to be perfect. It was held up and held up, thinking that the fate of 2.4 was the fate of Linux, it was going to be the kernel that everyone was watching.

What do we get? Stability problems, kernels with DO NOT USE warnings, massive changes to the core of the OS, the list goes on. All on what was supposed to be the flawless kernel that proved the worth of Linux to the masses.

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my sig's at the bottom of the page.
Re:BIll Clinton is the cause of 9/11! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 21:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dipshit, all of Enron's higher ups were former ex-Clinton cronies. Enron gave nearly as much money to the Democratic party as the Republican party. The current administration found out a couple of months ago that Enron was in trouble, and did nothing. Just what a government should do. This is a business/legal matter of Enron's management, not a political matter.

Maybe one of these days some of you androids will stop believing everything you see on TV and maybe do a little research for once. And no, I'm not a Republican, I'm independent/libertarian.
Re:BIll Clinton is the cause of 9/11! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 21:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Yup, I'd like to have a President that by getting a blow job let 3000 Americans die, 4 of which are (were) my friends.

I'm so glad that you are worried about terrorist's lives rather than ordinary, working civilians.

Bravo, I believe you have reset the bottom edge on the sleaze-o-meter, you putrid slimeball.
Re:Au contraire by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-16 23:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Welcome to my foe list, you fucking troll.

I just want to know how the fuck you got out of your cell at Guantanamo Bay.
HOW THE FUCK by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 01:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Did this get modded a troll. Let me guess, I was Cmdr Taco's *special* moderations. If it's anti linux it's gotta be a troll, right; and if it's pro microsoft it's gotta be from the *.microsoft.com domain right? WRONG. Let me give you the news you ugly mother fucking geek. Linux is going down. Soon Microsoft XP is all you will be able to run.
Solaris Rules by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 02:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Solaris Rules
Re:Operator error by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 02:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Kmail crashes occasionally for me.
Re:Au contraire by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 02:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm from Argentina: Tango, Asado, Mate, Gaucho, Maradona, Perón, Evita, el che, Borges, Pampas, Patagonia, etc.

Bankruptcy...
Re:BIll Clinton is the cause of 9/11! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 03:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And no, I'm not a Republican, I'm independent/libertarian.

You libertarians must learn talk amongst yourselves and not bother any of us adequate people with such fantasies as:

all of Enron's higher ups were former ex-Clinton cronies. Enron gave nearly as much money to the Democratic party as the Republican party.

Who told you this, CATO? Ahahahahaha Ha!
Re:BIll Clinton is the cause of 9/11! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-17 06:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

leftists are brain-washed, permanently brain-damaged fools