Subject: Re: Stablest Latest Kernel ;)
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 21:50:48 MDT
On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Michael Tucker wrote:
> Does anyone have recommendations on what is the optimal kernel for an Old
> World system? I am not doing anything fancy, and I don't have any pressing
> issues at the moment ...
Then you have no reason to upgrade.
> but I figured that it would be best to keep on top of my kernel version, so
> as to avoid future problems.
Unless you have a specific problem, again, there is no reason
to upgrade. There seems to be this rampant tendency to upgrade
for upgrading's sake.
I'm running 2.2.17 on a PowerMac 6500. It's been running my
mail for the past 213 days straight. (It would have been up
over a year, but the rolling blackout I experiened here in CA
outlasted my UPS -- D'oh!) There is nothing a 2.4 series
kernel would make better about it handling my mail.
> Also, I noticed that ssh is not set up in any meaningful way for incoming
> access ...
Just install the openssh RPMs and it'll work.
> I assume that I can set up ssh the way it would be done on any other linux
> system, but given the peculiarities of the Mac ...
Peculiarities tend to come into play only with the kernel
itself or drivers for specific hardware. Most everything else
is CPU-independent.
- Paul
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