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Kernel 2.2 - It Lives!

Posted by michael on from the if-it-ain't-broke dept.

Build6 writes "For those of us still using 2.2 (how's that for "conservatism" eh?) -- 2.2.24 is out (and has been since last week) - see kernel.org for downloads. I see networking code tweaks, but no changelog. Time to give our old RH 6.2 machines one last kernel-recompile before Red Hat's end-of-life date arrives for 6.2? :-) What I'd like to know is - who else (besides me) out there still has machines running 2.2 and intends to keep it that way?"

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  1. Re:Kernel Series 2.2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it stable enough for prime-time yet? I'm not "upgrading" my 2.0 boxes until I'm sure it is.

    Did anyone ever fix the uptime rollover thing? That's what I'm really waiting for. I'm sick of rebooting every year and a half.

  2. torn by awing0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know, I'm always torn between losing my uptime and installing the latest kernel. Its a lose/lose situation. If slashdot wouldn't announce the new 2.2 kernel I could just go on believing I had the latest code and it wouldn't bother me. But now that I know there's a new kernel, I'll have to compile it and bear the pain of losing my (not much, but around 130 days now) uptime. Thanks again for dragging me out of my sheltered update life.

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  3. Re:On the flip side of the coin.. by ameoba · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you've got dual 2.2G Xeons for your 'play machine', what's your main box look like?

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  4. Don't upgrade to 2.4! by Arandir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't upgrade to 2.4! If you do, then Linux will never beat FreeBSD in the uptime department!

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