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Linux 2.4.28 Kernel Released

Posted by timothy on from the 2-16-2-32-2-64-2-128 dept.

An anonymous reader submits "After numerous exploits were released, the Linux kernel team has released 2.4.28. (ChangeLog). Stefan Esser detailed numerous exploits in the 2.x smbfs; other exploits were reported earlier in the week."

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  1. Re:2.4? by IBeatUpNerds · · Score: 2, Informative

    Personally, I don't really want to upgrade to 2.6 on any machine I have. At work, my desktop is 2.4.20. We use an embedded linux distribution based on 2.4. My laptop is still 2.4. I've tried 2.6 on my laptop, but 1/2 the time I can't resume from APM suspend and ACPI is just a big problem. With 2.4 APM suspend/resume works 95% of the time. I just really don't see a reason to upgrade at this time. Perhaps if I purchase some device that will not work with 2.4 and will only work with 2.6, then I might consider it. Anyone else out there who just likes sticking with what works?