What version of Linux do you run?

[Flatline]

Hey Beau, I've met a few people who loved Turbo...what's so great about it?

 

[GiLtY]

Have RH 9... can't do much with it yet b/c somehow it screwed up my onboard Ethernet card....

<-- hunting for a cheap Ethernet Card

--GiLtY

 

[Gyrene]

Poo on Linux...BSD is the only thing I use. I tried Gentoo, but, eh, I didn't like it.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Main differences between the different versions of Linux:
<2.4 old, deprecated, poorly supported (if at all) at this point, stable, but don't bother
2.4 better SMP support, better networking, IPTables instead of IPChains, stable, good hardware support, probably your best bet.
2.5 development version, probably cleaning up a bunch of stuff and whatnot, probably not up to par on the stability side, don't use it unless you have something to contribute.

I'm not sure why so many people keep listing distributions though...

I listed a distro because I knew what he meant when he asked the question...then I gave the kernel version, which would be the correct answer to the question

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Flatline
(chastised and moping) yeah, they said it about 2.4, but, but, but...

Now that Linus isn't working for Transmeta (or really any other company if I remember correctly) maybe he will be able to set deadlines and keep them. That is one of my problems with Linux, no structure.

I get a new OS version every 6 months, on time or early. And I would consider many of the changes between versions to be bigger than some of the changes between 2.x and 2.y.

And for the last time people (not Flatline specific) DISTRIBUTIONS AND VERSIONS ARE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS. That is all.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Derango

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Main differences between the different versions of Linux:
<2.4 old, deprecated, poorly supported (if at all) at this point, stable, but don't bother
2.4 better SMP support, better networking, IPTables instead of IPChains, stable, good hardware support, probably your best bet.
2.5 development version, probably cleaning up a bunch of stuff and whatnot, probably not up to par on the stability side, don't use it unless you have something to contribute.

I'm not sure why so many people keep listing distributions though...

I listed a distro because I knew what he meant when he asked the question...then I gave the kernel version, which would be the correct answer to the question

Assumptions are evil. You did not know, unless you talked to him about this question before replying, what he meant; so you must have assumed somewhere

 

[Flatline]

I think the last thing I heard about 2.6 was a tentative October release date.

By the way, note that I listed my linux version as 2.4.21 (although I have several different kernel versions at work)

I STILL haven't gotten around to trying *BSD out (for more than a few minutes at a friend's house, anyway). I'm thinking of downloading FreeBSD this weekend...would you recommend 4.8 or 5.1?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Flatline
I think the last thing I heard about 2.6 was a tentative October release date.

By the way, note that I listed my linux version as 2.4.21 (although I have several different kernel versions at work)

I STILL haven't gotten around to trying *BSD out (for more than a few minutes at a friend's house, anyway). I'm thinking of downloading FreeBSD this weekend...would you recommend 4.8 or 5.1?

4.8 is more stable, 5.1 has the flash. I stopped buying FreeBSD after 4.5, I stopped using it after 3.3...

 

[Flatline]

NetBSD then, or OpenBSD? I've heard you can lock OpenBSD down a bit more than the others.

 

[tdcarrol]

The last 2.5 has been released (2.5.75)
Linus is starting work on the first 2.6 pre

I run 2.4.20 (rh9)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Flatline
NetBSD then, or OpenBSD? I've heard you can lock OpenBSD down a bit more than the others.

I prefer OpenBSD, but it is a personal preference.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Derango

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Main differences between the different versions of Linux:
<2.4 old, deprecated, poorly supported (if at all) at this point, stable, but don't bother
2.4 better SMP support, better networking, IPTables instead of IPChains, stable, good hardware support, probably your best bet.
2.5 development version, probably cleaning up a bunch of stuff and whatnot, probably not up to par on the stability side, don't use it unless you have something to contribute.

I'm not sure why so many people keep listing distributions though...

I listed a distro because I knew what he meant when he asked the question...then I gave the kernel version, which would be the correct answer to the question

Assumptions are evil. You did not know, unless you talked to him about this question before replying, what he meant; so you must have assumed somewhere

Ok, you got me

Slight assumption where he mentioned "I just Installed Red Hat 9" as opposed to "I Just Installed Kernel 2.4.18" or whatever

 

[Nothinman]

I get a new OS version every 6 months, on time or early. And I would consider many of the changes between versions to be bigger than some of the changes between 2.x and 2.y.

Yes and when I tried to upgrade to 3.2 I ran into a show-stopper bug on sparc64 (not sure if it's directly related to the qfe card I have or not), and isn't that supposedly Theo's favorite arch? I'm not knocking on OpenBSD because I know things like that can easily happen with Linux (I think 2.4.20 is pretty much a no-go on Alpha) but it doesn't make it any less annoying =)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

I get a new OS version every 6 months, on time or early. And I would consider many of the changes between versions to be bigger than some of the changes between 2.x and 2.y.

Yes and when I tried to upgrade to 3.2 I ran into a show-stopper bug on sparc64 (not sure if it's directly related to the qfe card I have or not), and isn't that supposedly Theo's favorite arch? I'm not knocking on OpenBSD because I know things like that can easily happen with Linux (I think 2.4.20 is pretty much a no-go on Alpha) but it doesn't make it any less annoying =)

That is annoying, and I have had nothing but trouble with my sparc64 and 3.2. SPARC is his pet arch. Sparc64 is really new, and that is part of the problem. There is only so much you can do with limited developers. I have had similar show stopping problems with most OSes I've tried though.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I just got the new Linux 9 installed, it's pretty sweet. Almost as good as XP, but I can't go without Norton Antivirus

 

[Nothinman]

There is only so much you can do with limited developers.

The best part is there was a patch available but it wasn't included for some reason, the author of the patch responed to my email to the openbsd sparc list and pointed me to his page but I'm not as familiar with OpenBSD as I am with Linux so compiling a new kernel for the installer and hoping that kernel makes it onto the disk during the install didn't appeal to me =)

I have had similar show stopping problems with most OSes I've tried though.

I guess I've been lucky then, the only problems I seem to run into are related to a BSD of some sort. The FreeBSD Alpha DHCP kernel panic thing and now the OpenBSD sparc64 qfe thing. Maybe I'm just destined to run Debian for the rest of my life =)

 

[GiLtY]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
I just got the new Linux 9 installed, it's pretty sweet. Almost as good as XP, but I can't go without Norton Antivirus

Is MS virus also effective in linux?

<-- n00bie.

--GiLtY

 

[FoBoT]

where is the poll?

mostly RH/variations of RH

 

[Nothinman]

Is MS virus also effective in linux?

No, BingBong was being funny.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Is MS virus also effective in linux?

No, BingBong was being funny.

A vague attempt at it anyways

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I use both 2.4.20 and 2.5.74, both on Gentoo.

 

[GL]

2.4.20-something on RH9 and 2.4.21 on Debian.

 

ran bothe SuSe and Mandrake 9.0

 

[Bremen]

2.4.22pre4-ac

 

[jose]

Red Hat 7.3 for my customers servers. (Database supported)

Red Hat 9.0 for their desktops.

Regards,
Jose