On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:33:42PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > Centos 3.x is still a good server choice. I've always considered > > > linux kernels to be stable around version x.x.20 or so. > > It's different now. > Do you mean that with no odd-numbered development branch the > 2.6.x line may never stabilize? Even and odd no longer have anything to do with it. The 2.6.x.y releases get a bit of stabilization, but mostly it's full steam ahead. The idea is that a litte bit of change every release is better than a gigantic lump of changes with a 2.8.0 which then requires 'til 2.8.20 to run smoothly. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
