The Future Of The 2.0 Linux Kernel

An Anonymous Reader writes: "The first 2.0 stable kernel was released over six years ago, in June of 1996. It was followed by the 2.2 stable kernel two and a half years later, in January of 1999. The more recent 2.4 stable kernel followed by two years in January of 2001. And the upcoming 2.6 kernel is at least a year off. Through all these years, 2.0 has continued to be maintained, currently up to revision 2.0.39, also released in January of 2001. David Weinehall maintains this kernel, and says, "there _are_ people that still use 2.0 and wouldn't consider an upgrade the next few years, simply because they know that their software/hardware works with 2.0 and have documented all quirks. Upgrading to a newer kernel-series means going through this work again." Read the full story here."

Comments

Re:old systems

[Quixote]

isn't this kind of attitude of "it works, leave it alone" that gave us that Y2K fiasco?

No, you're thinking of the "640K of memory should be more than enough" attitude (as in "2 digits should be more than enough").

Re:Not just old systems

[Verizon Guy]

You prefer RP over WMP? Dude, I understand your dislike of MS, but still... RP is chock full of spyware. Plus, even if I disable it, I really don't like the fact of being told every time I go to exit the software that YOU ARE RUNNING AN OLD VERSION OF REALPLAYER... YOU NEED TO UPGRADE OR WE'LL CUT OFF YOUR BALLS" etc etc.

I hate Real, inc. I hope their stock plummets below Enron's. Those whores. They used to be cool, back at like version 2, but now they're just sellouts.