[ale] Foolish Distro ID Question

[Greg Freemyer]

> > mbt at pepper:~$ uname -r
> > 2.6.20-9-generic
>
> and SUSE 10.2 shows:
> # uname -r
> 2.6.18.2-34-default
>
>
> why am I so far behind on the kernel!!!

SUSE does not update kernels during the 6 or 7 month period between
releases, just security fixes.

So 2.6.19 came out in early Dec. just days after 10.2 was released.
Too late for 10.2.

10.3 will likely jump to 2.6.21 or maybe even 2.6.22.  Depends how the
timing works.

If you want a new (much less tested) kernel you can get the SUSE KOTD
(kernel of the day).

http://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/i386/HEAD/

(ALE does not seem to mirror the projects dir.  I did not check gatech.)


And the KOTD directory used to only have a few directories.  Looks
like it exploded since I was last there.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century