On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Res wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Scott Henson wrote: > > > John Wendel wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > > Don't be a wimp! Seriously, if you've got some spare time and a > > > non-critical box, you should build 2.6.23, beat it up, and file > > > bug reports. It's the way we non-kernel-developers can > > > contribute. > > > > I have no problem with that, but as for a box I actually care > > about and want to get stuff done on, vendor kernels all the way. > > > > I recall, hrmmmmmm RH4 i think it was, maybe earlier, an automatic > update rendored my desktop useless, they corrected it within hours, > but thats too late for the poor suckers like me that were affected, > since then, a valuable lesson learnt was never trust a vendors > "update" verbatim, and since then, I've never used a RH kernel, once > bitten ok, twice bitten your a damned fool. ummmmmm ... over-dramatize much? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
