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Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel
An anonymous reader writes "This article is the first in a series by William von Hagen on using the new Linux 2.6 kernel, with a special emphasis on the primary issues in migrating existing drivers, applications, and embedded Linux deployments to a Linux distribution based on the 2.6 kernel. Bill is the author of Linux Filesystems, Hacking the TiVo, SGML for Dummies, Installing Red Hat Linux 7, and is the coauthor of The Definitive Guide to GCC (with Kurt Wall) and The Mac OS X Power Users Guide (with Brian Profitt)." This looks to be a good series for anyone planning to migrate to Linux 2.6, and having done just that myself, I'll attest to wanting more documentation along the way.
Yes. I'm using it. Its in 2.6 and the latest 2.4..
At the risk of sounding like yet another gentoo zealot:
Gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo!
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We all know that China will bury the United States within ten years. It's a fact of life. Either get used to it or stop buying their shoes. And if using Microsoft is patriotic, I guess there just isn't any hope for the whole goddamned United States of Amerika.
Seems like just in time, hopfuly some future articles will give some insight into how to get ISAPNP sounds cards to work. For some reason my ISAPNP OPL3SA2 cards can not be found when i either compile support into the kernel or into loadable modules...
seems like a few other people have this problem. Does anyone know the solution? Will i have to write the addresses of all the ports manualy and switch off ISAPNP for OPL3SA2?
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You need 2.6 on a P1 about as much as you'd need a 500-hp enginge in a Yugo
Yeah, it's perfectly clear now. The FSF is a secret society filled with mutant commies!
Send in the clones!
The Computer is your friend!
Soooo... you wouldn't want me to say he had a MIDI interface connected to the USB Bus of his PC Computer? ;-)
Yes, it's ready for the masses, but the masses shouldn't be installing their own kernels, they should wait for the distro's to provide them with install CD's, and you can be pretty sure that this stuff wil work there...
Could you please point me to the click-n-drool option button in Windows2000 that allows me to enable command-line completion? What, I have to manually edit the registry? D00d, Windoze isn't ready for the masses...
gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo mandrake MANDRAKE aah hat ooh red hat
with many apologies to everyone.
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I thought debian was still using the 2.2 tree :)
/^([Ss]ame [Bb]at (time, |channel.)){2}$/
Um, I *have* a working gentoo, today. Or do you mean a working gentoo using NPTL? If that's the case, then yeah, your apache test page appears to be working very well.
I disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to tell such LIES!
I thought debian was still using the 2.2 tree :)
/me ducks!
ya, only if you're using the unstable packages...
snake! ah snake! ah it's a snake!
gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo gentoo...
I have always felt that Linux is a nice operating system (for hobbyists and geeks), but there are some areas where it is seriously lacking, especially when compared to its main competitor, Microsoft Windows.
* File sharing. Windows has long been superior when it comes to making large
amounts of files available to third parties. Even early versions of Windows
automatically detected and made available all directories thanks to the built in
NetBIOS-powered file sharing support. But Microsoft has realized that this
technology is inherently limited and has added even better file sharing support
to its Windows XP operating system. Universal Plug and Play will
make it possible to literally access any file, from any device! I think
universal file sharing support needs to be built into the Linux kernel soon.
* Intelligent agents. With innovations like Clippy, the talking paperclip and Microsoft Bob, Microsoft has always tried to make life easier
for its customers. With Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft has built a framework for developers to create even smarter agents. Especially popular agents include "Sircam", which automatically asks the users' friends for advice
on files he is working on and the "Hybris" agent, which is a self-replicating
copy of a humorous take on "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves" (the real story!).
Microsoft is working on expanding this P2P technology to its web servers. This
project is still in the beta stage, thus the name "Code Red". The next versions
will be called "Code Yellow" and "Code Green".
* Version numbers. Linux has real naming problems. What's the difference
between a 2.4.19 and a 2.2.17 kernel anyway? And what's with those odd and even
numbers? Microsoft has always had clear and sophisticated naming/versioning
policies. For example, Windows 95 was named Windows 95 because it was released
in 1995. Windows 98 was released three years later, and so on. Windows XP
brought a whole new "experience" to the user, therefore the name. I suggest that
the next Linux kernel releases be called Linux 03, Linux 04, Linux 04.5 (OSR1),
Linux 04.7B (OSR2 SP4 OEM), Linux 2005 and Linux VD (Valentine's Day edition).
Furthermore, remember how Microsoft named every upcoming version of Windows
after some Egyptian city? Cairo, Chicago and so on. I think that the development
kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish
origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?
* Multi-User Support. This has always been one of Microsoft's strong sides,
especially in the Windows 95/98 variants, where passwords were completely
unnecessary. Microsoft has made the right decision by not bothering the user
with a distinction between "normal" and "root" users too much -- practice has
shown that average users can be trusted to act responsibly and in full awareness
of the potential consequences of their actions. After all, if your operating
system doesn't trust you, why should you trust it? (To be fair, Linux is making
some progress here with the Lindows distribution, where users are always running as root.)
With Windows XP, Microsoft has again improved multi-user support. Not only
does Windows XP come with a larg
I'm supposed to be installing a virus scanner on my father's PC right now, but bursting into hysterical laughter is a pretty convincing sign to everyone here that I'm reading that "stoopid geek site" again. Damn you!