I'd stay away from compiling kernels unless you are doing LFS or you 
_REALLY_ know what you are doing _AND_ you are trying to accomplish 
something _REALLY_ esoteric.
I'd go with whatever kernel your flavor of Linux provides (which will most 
likely be 2.6.*).
What are you running? 

Of course, a geeky addiction can always overcome common sense (which is not 
all that common...  :) 

I'd apply here one of those aviation wisdom tidbits:
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement...   ;-)
ET 

 

Nathan England writes: 

> 
> I recently hit the kernel.org website looking to see what the latest stable 
> kernel version number is, and I noticed they have listed 5 stable kernels 
> 
> 1. 2.6.32.3
> 2. 2.6.31.11
> 3. 2.6.30.10
> 4. 2.6.27.43
> 5. 2.4.37.7 
> 
> While I realize the 2.4 series have long been seen as the stable "legacy" of 
> sorts, what is the deal with the other 4? I cannot find any reviews that 
> describe the differences. I use a lot of intel systems, so I am interested in 
> using the latest intel video drivers which they say requires the 2.6.32.2+ 
> kernel. I am currently running the 2.6.30.X, but it seems to me there are 
> multiple stable branches, how do I know which to use? 
> 
> Does anyone know of a recent review on kernel versions? 
> 
> Nathan
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