2.4 Kernel (was Re: question)

[aaron bukovac]

i agree also if you have one of the evil ati rage 128
cards you should upgrade your xfree86 to 4.0.2 i can
actually get x to run finally since 4.0.2 was released
all the other xfree server said it would work with
them but upuntil 4.0.2 came out it wasnt true but yay
for 4.0.2 xfree86

--- Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
> > I am using Slack 7.1 with a 2.2.16 kernel. 
> Everything works fine, so I
> put
> > off upgrading the kernel until the new Slack
> version comes out (god only
> > knows when).  It is supposed to have the 2.4
> kernel.  It is much smoother?
> > What do you mean by that?  Is it faster, or do
> programs run without
> freezing
> > the system for a split second - as it sometimes
> does?  I want to upgrade
> to
> > the new kernel, but I don't know if my current
> installation is ready (and
> how
> > would I know whether or not I can run the
> kernel?).  I am hesitant to
> upgrade
> > to the new kernel because I will have to recompile
> a few apps that depend
> on
> > kernel code, and also because I don't know if my
> system will support it.
> > What are the benefits and / or new features that
> 2.4 offers?  Things seem
> to
> > be running o.k. with 2.2.16?  Should I even bother
> with the new kernel?
> 
> Sounds like you didn't make the last plug meeting :)
> 
> Basicly the 2.4 kernel handles ram and SMP machines
> a lot better.... among
> other things, but I think those 2 things are the
> main ones that are helping
> speed things up on my machine.
> As for "smoother", there is just this feeling that
> things run more at a
> constant speed without a lot of little bitty hichups
> in speed.  Everything
> seems to also run a little faster as well.
> Similar things can be said about the 4.0.1 X server.
>  That seemed to speed
> things up quite a bit, but I would only recomend
> upgrading if you know your
> video card is fully supported.  I had to wait till
> 4.0.1 till my G200 in my
> work machine got decent drivers, but now... OH
> WOW!!!  it's fast.   I had
> been running 4.0.0 on my home machine with a G-Force
> card, and nothing
> touches the speed on that machine...  It would scare
> you how fast it is.
> (The sproingies screen saver is a blur)
> 
> You are probably best off just just waiting,
> especially if you know that you
> will need to recompile some programs on your system.
>  That is a sign that
> it's NOT ready for the kernel.  In my case, I just
> had to compile kernel and
> install it... thats it.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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