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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!miriam.fuller.edu!jacques!wbrown From: wbrown@EbiCom.net (Wayne Brown) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 6 Apr 1996 17:55:49 GMT Organization: Weyerhaeuser Company Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4k6b75$3dh@miriam.fuller.edu> References: <4jn4qp$6p@darkstar.my.lan> <stephenkDp7nHo.369@netcom.com> <4jrhth$66a@hoopoe.psc.edu> <4jve3t$cfe@hermes.synopsys.com> <4k0m0f$68j@hoopoe.psc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmcol8.ebicom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14247 comp.os.linux.development.system:20841 comp.os.linux.x:28789 comp.os.linux.hardware:35682 comp.os.linux.setup:49366 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:492 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3045 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2815 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16834 Peter Berger (peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu) wrote: : In all cases, the versions of the software tested was the latest version : of the software which was a "production release" at that time -- no beta : software was tested. This is the Right Thing to do. It is completely : improper for anyone to recommend the 1.3.x kernels for commercial use, : since the 1.3.x is a development tree, and is specifically promised : to NOT be stable. Funny, but my ISP is running 1.3.81 and it works just fine. That seems to me to count as commercial use. My personal machine is at 1.3.84. I always install the latest kernel patch within a day or two after it comes out (and have done so since 1.1.35), and have never had a major problem. Most new patchlevels either give improvements or don't give any noticeable difference in performance. -- "When your tail's in a crack you improvise, if you're good enough. Otherwise you give your pelt to the trapper." -- John Myers Myers Wayne Brown wbrown@ebicom.net