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Quotes of the week

Posted May 28, 2011 18:24 UTC (Sat) by mastro (subscriber, #72665)
In reply to: Quotes of the week by Cyberax
Parent article: Quotes of the week

Do you think anyone will ever install a 2.8.x kernel on it? It can continue to run with 2.6.x (or, more likely, 2.4.x) just as it has done so far.


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Posted May 29, 2011 12:11 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

It's running 2.6.26 right now, so it's not inconceivable that someone might want to install 2.8 on it. For example, if new motherboards are not supported by 2.6 releases.

Quotes of the week

Posted May 29, 2011 22:09 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Though of course, if supporting ISA is such a PITA then it should be dropped. But if it's just a cleanup for aesthetic reasons - let it stay.

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