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03-07-2006, 01:11 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: SuSE
Posts: 5
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working with dual-core CPU
Hello all, I would like to know which is the oldest kernel accepting the dual-core CPUs and from which it is really safe and fast.
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03-08-2006, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Lee, NH
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS, RHEL
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It will require chipset support, so you're talking a 2.6.1x kernel whether you go Intel (955 and later) or AMD (nForce4). I'd go with 2.6.15
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03-08-2006, 02:39 PM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Mandriva/Slack - KDE
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You don't want and old kernel. You always really should use the latest.
There is no reason not to run 2.6.15.6 unless you want to run win4lin or something...
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03-11-2006, 10:52 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: SuSE
Posts: 5
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Thank you all, and I do not WANT to run an old kernal, but I have one and I don't want to get a new one if it's not necessary.
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03-11-2006, 07:08 PM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Mandriva/Slack - KDE
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The newer the kernel, the easier it is to deal with IME...
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03-12-2006, 01:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: SuSE
Posts: 5
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Originally Posted by amosf
You don't want and old kernel. You always really should use the latest.
There is no reason not to run 2.6.15.6 unless you want to run win4lin or something...
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Which seem to mean that 2.6.15.6 is the latest...
So how comes I get 2.6.5-7.201-default when I type uname -r as advised in the "before you post" thread ? |
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03-12-2006, 03:54 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Germany, Berlin
Distribution: SuSE Linux 9.1/9.2/9.3/10.0/10.1, openSuSE 10.2, 10.3, Slackware, Debian, Redhat, BSD
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because 2.6.5 is older than 2.6.15 ...
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03-13-2006, 04:20 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: SuSE
Posts: 5
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... lol, I was confused because of the decimal writing...  |
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