OT: SuSE 9.2 preemptive strike

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 05:01:48PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> 2) The kernel on which the distribution is based is 2.6.8 as a base, and
> they'll back-port to there for a while.  Historically, kernels have not
> become production-level stable until around .18, so it's my opinion that
> unless you -absolutely- cannot live without something present in 2.6, you
> are still best served going with 9.0 Professional, which is based on a
> quite stable 2.4.21+.  There are very few circumstances in which this might
> be a justified risk.

In particular, there are no ABI patches included with 9.x, x>0.

And there are no patches around that cleanly fit their kernels.

If this troubles you (and it troubles me), find the appropriate person
at Novell and complain to them.

Cheers,
-- jra
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