On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:24:13AM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Florin Iucha wrote: > >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/tribe1 >> >> Why not get the 7.10 release? http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/7.10/ >> >>> Looks like it's 2.6.22-6.13 (2.6.22-rc3-based), so I guess I'd be OK >>> running that on any of the hardware you've tried? >> >> Ubuntu 7.10 kernel is based on 2.6.22. > > > I'm not sure I understand your point. My point is that you don't use 'testing', or 'alpha' releases unless you really know what you are doing. > The web page I sent the URL for was > saying what the kernel would be in 7.10, right? Not necessarily; read your own next statement. > It was about an alpha > release of 7.10. Not everything that is in an alpha will be in the final. > The web page you sent doesn't say anything about the > kernel version. It does not. My message did tell you what you needed to know: that 7.10 includes a 2.6.22-based kernel and it gave you a download site that is probably a mile away from your office. > I was assuming that the kernel in the final release was at > least as advanced as the one in the alpha release. Not necessarily. There purpose of an alpha, beta, etc. is to evaluate the stability of a collection of software. If the kernel had major problems that were not solved before the release, it is possible they would have rolled back the version, because Ubuntu has time-based releases. Cheers, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071128/cc1e2398/attachment.pgp