[ale] Distro Reply

[Geoffrey]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 16:01 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>>No, I'm not.  The point is, point me to any other distro that's sitting 
>>on kernel 2.2 as the default kernel at this time?  
> 
> 
> There isn't one that I know of.
> 
> 
>>I know the kernels are still maintained, but there are things in 2.4/2.6 
>>that you will not find in 2.2.  
> 
> Very true.  Why go with a 2.2 kernel then?  Debian Stable is not what
> you want if you don't want a 2.2 or 2.4 kernel.  HOWEVER, if you were
> looking for a stable distribution, and you didn't need kernel 2.6
> features, then Debian Stable is arguable one of the *most* stable
> distributions out there.

As you noted, arguably...

>>There are changes that can not be backported.
> 
> 
> "Changes" generally are not the purpose of backporting.  "Fixes" is a
> more appropriate word.

No, I meant changes.  Point is, there are enhancements in the later 
kernels that you will not find in the earlier kernels.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey