2.6.5 - released

[pbharris]

You heard it folks - fire up gcc and have a good time.

http://www.kernel.org/

[Germ]

Guess I've been snoozing...still running 2.6.3

[washe]

well im a sleeper still on 2.4.25 kernel with suse......... looks like time to move on to mandrake 10 and test out the new kernel.

[soulware]

general rule of thumb here, don't upgrade to the newer kernel unless you have a reason to

[Germ]

New kernels are fun.

[washe]

well 2.6 suppose to be faster than 2.4? correct?

[krohnjw]

2.6 kernels handle IDE transfers MUCH better. Large IDE transfers no longer kill the system.

For production servers I dont upgrade kernels unless necessary. But for a home machine, a config is easy to whip up and will work just fine.

Anything from the changelog worth note for 2.6.5? I am lazy

[paul9]

2.4.22 anyone? it's the stock kernel with my mandrake 9.2. i was thinking about snagging a copy of 10, which kernel does this use? anyone?

[krohnjw]

10 uses the 2.6.3 kernel by default I believe.

[paul9]

FURTHER NOTE: Some problems have been reported booting from disk 1 of the 10.0 Community Edition. It may be necessary to boot from disk 2 then switch to disk 1 to start the install process.

ALSO NOTE: Mandrake 10 is missing from most mirrors. Mandrake has reportedly removed the images from servers in preparation for a newer release, which will be available to club members first. For now the 10.0 Community Edition ISOs have been archived at the tux.org mirror.
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29
a little bit of info cribbed from linuxiso.org.
is 2.6.3 an unstable release, or has the middle number to be odd e.g. 2.7.3 to signify the unstable branch??