Fedora Core 6 Now Has Linux Kernel 2.6.19

[deweese]

Wow this Fedora is really advancing fast. I switched to it from Edgy Eft. I love it.
The Linux kernels are more updated than Ubuntu. See for yourself.
2.6.19 is here today! I am just bragging.

[siucdude]

That is fine. Ubuntu Feisty has 2.6.20-5. Good luck with fedora

[deweese]

Thank you very much. Btw, I was referring to STABLE. :-)

The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.19.2 2007-01-10 19:11 UTC F V VI C Changelog

see www.kernel.org

[xabbott]

What does this matter? Whatever is released last will have the latest kernel. OR *gasp* you can compile the latest kernel yourself for any distro. Or use something like Arch :biggrin: and always have the lastest kernel...

[po0f]

xabbott,

I think the point deweese was trying to make is that FC continue to update/upgrade the kernel throughout a release, as opposed to Ubuntu's stance of just releasing the same kernel version with security patches applied as an update.

[xabbott]

xabbott,

I think the point deweese was trying to make is that FC continue to update/upgrade the kernel throughout a release, as opposed to Ubuntu's stance of just releasing the same kernel version with security patches applied as an update.

Ah, true. ](*,)

Although, I wouldn't call this Ubuntu's stance. Slackware, Suse, Debian, and generally those based on them do this. The only distros I know that constantly update all packages are Gentoo, Archlinux, and rPath. I'm sure there are others but I can't remember or don't know of them. Is this common for Red Hate/Fedora? Or was this due to a severe bug/exploit?

[po0f]

xabbott,

It has been common since FC5 (I've only used 5 and 6), and I'm sure it will continue. I'm sure at some point Dapper will get a kernel upgrade. One, 2.6.15 is ancient; and two, it is an LTS release (could you imagine using 2.6.15 2 years from now? :D).

Since Dapper is the first LTS release, I'm guessing that Ubuntu hasn't decided on a kernel upgrade strategy yet. I'll try to dig up some info on it.

[givré]

xabbott,

It has been common since FC5 (I've only used 5 and 6), and I'm sure it will continue. I'm sure at some point Dapper will get a kernel upgrade. One, 2.6.15 is ancient; and two, it is an LTS release (could you imagine using 2.6.15 2 years from now? :D).

RHEL4 still use 2.6.9 you know...
Upgrading a kernel could lead to regression, and that's why the ubuntu policy is to not upgrade kernel.
However, they apply security patch and upgrade drivers when possible.

[Insomniac20k]

What's the advantage of upgrading the kernel constantly? Does it change all that much

[Rodneyck]

What's the advantage of upgrading the kernel constantly? Does it change all that much

Better hardware support and detection for one.

[xabbott]

Better hardware support and detection for one.
The kernel doesn't handle hardware detection.

[pissedoffdude]

Yeah I had a pretty big problem when I updates the kernel. I wouldn't be able to boot as grub wouldn't load. It would just say GRUB: and it wouldn't go anywhere. I was able to use the rescue disk to reinstall grub but still it shouldn't have made that mistake.