What kernel sources do you use? why?

largo3 · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

kamikaze-sources - my favorite.

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jonnevers · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject:

if an ebuild has been posted on these forums, i've most likely tried booting it. including the x86 single x86/x86_64 kernel. it didn't boot

Right now, Kamikaze-sources as there is no kernel-source competition and he is the only competitor (klight doen't cound since it comes from the same maintainer, imo).

favorite of all time was love-sources as those sources actually made my system work way back in the day. viper-sources also have a place in my heart.

if only gentoo-sources had uvesafb.

BeteNoire · Veteran Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 1827

suspend2-sources only.
It has gentoo-sources patches + suspend2. I use suspend2 on PC's and laptop, because it decreases computer startup time and gives me environment in the same state as it was before hibernation.
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jonnevers · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

standing corrected.

anton123 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject:

I am using both vanilla sources which I compile with genkernel --gconfig all command and occasionally the gentoo sources.

rwald · n00b Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 24

I use vanilla-sources + hrt patch (no tickless for AMD64 in mainline yet) + hdaps patch. I'd love to use gentoo-sources, but it's just not as reliable when it comes to adding third-party patches.

Zepp · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:29 am Post subject:

gentoo-sources

snIP3r · l33t Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 853 Location: germany

i do also use gentoo-sources...
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Corvinian · n00b Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Europe

hardened-sources

arut8ur · n00b Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 16

16 * hardened-sources on server systems
4 * xen-sources dom0 + 22 * xen-sources domU

ianw1974 · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

gentoo-sources, always have. I don't need to use anything special, suspend sources or anything since my laptop will power up and be logged into Gnome in one minute. That's fast enough for me

cjubon · Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: gentoo-sources with reiser4 patch

gentoo-sources with reiser4 patch
vserver-sources, again with reiser4 patch

A while ago, I've also used ck-sources (of course with reiser4 ;-)

), but I could not observe any significant performance difference (at least on x86 - on a 400MHz Powerbook they may have been a little bit more responsive), and I became sick of having to download the whole kernel for every little update.

Why reiser4? Well, because it's simply great: I put my whole portage tree on /var/portage, and /var has it's own partition with reiser4. Result: emerge syncs (especially portage cache updating) is ~40% faster than on reiser3.6 ! Similarly, on my vserver-machine (it's only for playing around) I put the /vservers directory on a reiser4 partition. Not a single problem with both filesystems within one year of use. (Of course I would not recommend to use it for your home directory if you have a desktop and multimedia setup.)

GoldenMouse · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 112

hardened-sources on both the laptop and desktop

However, I tend to run with the security features turned off on the desktop, since I still haven't been able to get them to play nice with virtualbox.

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cjubon · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject:

-Ben- · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 73 Location: Worms

vanilla sources because they work better with software suspend for my notebook
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disi · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:29 am Post subject:

gentoo-sources

sometimes there are problems e.g. the update to 2.6.23, there was a problem with the sandbox and modules like nvidia and alsa, but I wont remove the old before switching to a new one.

In general they are up to date and stable.

rogerx · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

I use tuxonice (aka suspend2) kernel sources on all my boxes. Even my main SMP w/ 1GB SDRAM is using tuxonice sources.
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quickshiftin · Guru Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 345 Location: Denver, CO

i use gentoo-sources for the most part.
depending upon the role of the machine; for example,
firewalls and some production boxes; i use hardened-sources
w/ the hardened profile.

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JC Denton · Apprentice Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 151 Location: USA

I've used gentoo-sources almost exclusively. Never had a problem

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Daytona · n00b Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 55 Location: EN51vt

Gentoo-sources all around, though considering hardened- or xen- as I rebuild and expand my network, and make use of my static DSL.

ocin · Guru Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 500

Using zen-sources - bleeding edge.

deno · Guru Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 411

ragnarok-sources. only sources where hibernation works for me.

Monkeh · Veteran Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 1656 Location: England

Latest -rc release off kernel.org (-git if available) plus any required patches. Stable kernels are for the weak.