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Slackware on 2.4.31

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moopst

May 09, 2006
11:05 PM EDT 		Gee, and I was getting irritated that Slackware is still on the 2.4 kernel.
r_a_trip

May 10, 2006
6:52 AM EDT 		That is only a positive if it means that 2.4.x is in general less buggy than the 2.6.x series in it's current state.

Which is quite possible, as 2.4.x is in it's autumn years.
jdixon

May 10, 2006
7:24 AM EDT 		> ...Slackware is still on the 2.4 kernel.

Slackware has had the 2.6 kernel in testing for ages, along with instructions for installing it. The 2.4 kernel is more stable than the 2.6, so Patrick ships it as the default.

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