Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:32:03 -0500 (EST) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Aunt Tillie builds a kernel (was Re: ISA hardware discovery --the elegant solution) |
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Reid Hekman wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 04:40, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > Normal users should _never_ have to use > > kernel.org trees. > > Yikes! Sayings about never saying "never" aside... I should think the > goal is for everyone to be able to use kernel.org trees with reasonable > expectations. I'd like to see the day when distros can include a > pristine tree. I don't expect it, and the need for outside trees isn't > going away, but I'd like to see kernel.org be the canonical Linux for > more production systems, development starts, and non-i386 arch's.
Slackware has run stock kernels in some releases. Whenever possible I prefer to run a stock kernel, since I can then avoid finding out that an application isn't portable after all :-( Done that, didn't polish my reputation or improve my disposition.
I would say that very few normal users are running applications so close to the cutting edge that they need kernel patches to make them work.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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