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Future of 2.4 and 2.6 Kernels
Blair16 writes "According to this article on C|Net, not everybody is chomping at the bit for the new Linux 2.6.0 kernel. Marcelo Tosatti, the appointed deputy for the 2.4 kernel is not expecting to make any non-crucial additions to the popular kernel, saying that all new projects should be pumped into the new 2.6. This has upset some people who are not quite willing to move to so-called untested software. Some of their claims seem legitimate, but I wonder if all these people will really be left in the cold?"
How do these guys have any credibility? Aren't they just fanboys for whonever buys ads, or for whomever [SPIFFY CONSULTANCY COMPANY] says is the Next Big Thing. Want information? Ask RedHat. Ask Linus. Ask the folks at SuSE. What's next, Slashdotters panicking when Dvorak weighs in on kernel patches?
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Microsoft no longer develops for Windows 98... Apple no longer develops for OS9...
So they don't want to move on to "untested" 2.6? If people added features to 2.4, it would become just as untested. Nobody's saying to halt all development on 2.4, just not to add new features. Stability fixes will still go in... heck, stability and security fixes are still being added to 2.2! Those who don't want "untested" software favor stability and security anyways... so stick with 2.4.
-3Suns
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The logical volumes manager (device-mapper) is still incomplete in current 2.6 kernels.
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Snapshots don't work without an experimental patches.
Other patches are needed to make EVMS properly work.
This is a showstopper.
However, if you don't need virtual volumes, yes, 2.6 definitely
1) rocks
2) is stable.
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And it's working great. That's 2 weeks without rebooting.
Now, I don't do anything critical or really strain the kernel at all, but it works great...never had one lick of trouble. It's also very peppy!
But for people running critical servers and the like, I can understand their reluctance.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
I encourage anyone running a desktop system to try 2.6.0-test10. I've occasionally tried the various 2.5.x kernels, but I've always found myself going back to 2.4.2x with Con Kolivas' patchset. Well, no longer. 2.6.0-test10 is better than I expected the 2.6.0 release version to be. If you're the type of person who would upgrade to a new 2.4.x version readily, you should get the new bandwagon now.
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Worth noting is that the people complaining are the developers of "new" features, not the users. If a user needs a feature, he'll get the patch and apply it. The particular complainers are SGI's XFS file system team, users already have several choices in the kernel, so if they are not included the kernel their share will drop
Users, on the other hand, want their stable kernels to be stable.
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
I mean which is the One True Mouse?
/dev/input/mice - All events from all plugged in mice (hotplug supported ones, anyway) get sent through this device.