Comments on: Linux 2.6.0 http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/6404 Embrace your Inner Penguin Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:31:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anonymous http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/6404#comment-22548 Anonymous Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:31:06 +0000 #comment-22548 Been using the 2.6 test releases since test3 all the way through release, building a new kernel for nearly each bk patch.. that's quite a few 2.6 kernels now. Using Redhat9 upgraded to Fedora devel and partial steps in between the 2.6 kernel has given me no serious trouble (other than naming changes in some modules which require init script changes / new aliases to load modules). If you follow a good guide on upgrading you'll have no issues with the majority of hardware, of course be cautious if you have specific/odd driver needs. The performance is noticeable, especially when the preemptible kernel is enabled. nvidia drivers require a patch, see www.minion.de Been using the 2.6 test releases since test3 all the way through release, building a new kernel for nearly each bk patch.. that’s quite a few 2.6 kernels now. Using Redhat9 upgraded to Fedora devel and partial steps in between the 2.6 kernel has given me no serious trouble (other than naming changes in some modules which require init script changes / new aliases to load modules). If you follow a good guide on upgrading you’ll have no issues with the majority of hardware, of course be cautious if you have specific/odd driver needs. The performance is noticeable, especially when the preemptible kernel is enabled.

nvidia drivers require a patch, see http://www.minion.de

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/6404#comment-22518 Anonymous Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:33:56 +0000 #comment-22518 I only encountered one problem with 2.5.x, 2.6 test and 2.6 final: tribes2 has problems logging into servers, sometimes I get in but most of the time I get a time-out when trying to log in This is probabaly something t2 related but it only occurs with the new kernel so t2 players should be ready for some problems (this occurs on multiple systems) I only encountered one problem with 2.5.x, 2.6 test and 2.6 final: tribes2 has problems logging into servers, sometimes I get in but most of the time I get a time-out when trying to log in

This is probabaly something t2 related but it only occurs with the new kernel so t2 players should be ready for some problems (this occurs on multiple systems)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/6404#comment-22511 Anonymous Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:06:44 +0000 #comment-22511 While the extremely cautious will probably wait a few iterations into 2.6 before upgrading, I just want to report that I've been using 2.6.0-test9, and now 2.6.0 since it's release, and have had no problems whatsoever. Generally any bugs will be with uncommon (and therefore little tested) hardware, so for most people I would think 2.6.0 should be plenty stable. While the extremely cautious will probably wait a few iterations into 2.6 before upgrading, I just want to report that I’ve been using 2.6.0-test9, and now 2.6.0 since it’s release, and have had no problems whatsoever. Generally any bugs will be with uncommon (and therefore little tested) hardware, so for most people I would think 2.6.0 should be plenty stable.

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