On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:15:32PM +0100, A.J. Bonnema wrote: > My previous mail "Fedora with a generic Kernel" brings me to a different > issue. > > What is the essential difference between the generic kernels and the > Fedora kernels? Why is there a difference? NPTL, Exec-shield, laptop-mode, a bunch of fixes from 2.4.23pre, a bunch of ACPI fixes, a few 'known good' drivers that broke in more recent kernels, various random fixes. To answer your other question, a vanilla kernel should work, but obviously, you won't get the above features. Dave