What kernel sources do you use? why?

NorthGoingZax · Apprentice Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 186

Tuxonice here, I love hibernate .

huffd · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 33

mm- for me, got to have that reiser4!

huuan · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

hardened-sources for server and backup server but gentoo-sources for home machine.

tw04l124 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

jonnevers · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject:

anyone else notice a distinct lack of custom kernel patchsets the last couple months? there are a handful but nothing like we used to see. any ideas why they all dried up? (besides the strain of maintaining them)

i'm back to gentoo-sources.... only real alternative is zen-sources.

Zerodark · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 83

Simba7 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

xmit · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:32 am Post subject:

I use vanilla - and no second hand software.

pappy_mcfae · Watchman Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 5609 Location: Dallas

I use the vanilla sources because I used them with Slackware without problem. I compiled a gentoo-source kernel, but I wasn't really all that impressed. Also, while I know there's a way to emerge something in a 2.6.22.x version, I much prefer the vanilla stuff because I know it will support my machine properly. The current gentoo-source is 2.6.23.x, and that kernel version doesn't properly support wireless networking via ndiswrapper/wpa_supplicant.

Put plainly, I trust the vanilla sources. I have worked with them since I started compiling my own kernels, and I know what to expect after all is said, done, and compiled.

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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

zen-sources

the fastest kernel-sources around

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Lucipher · n00b Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 69

Gentoo-sources

Veldrin · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject:

zen-sources on my notebook
gentoo-sources on my desktop (+ 2 servers I maintain)

and in the past I've used various experimental patchsets on my notebook, among them: nitro, viper, beyond, kamikaze.
and ck on my desktop - but I had to move on, as my new hardware requires a 2.6.23 kernel - sigh

Killerchronic · n00b Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 63 Location: UK

Gentoo-Sources for most comps and Hardened for my servers.

infinity9 · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 38 Location: Atlanta, GA

gentoo-sources: it just works.
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Suicidal · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 913 Location: /dev/null

gentoo-sources for desktop/laptop
hardened-ssources for servers

I have tried quite a few other kernels including love-sources, ck-sources & mm-sources and I really don't see much speed improvement versus stability.

Hardened sources for servers is excellent, stable and not updated too often.

I run arch stable on all kernels.

ryker · Guru Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 412 Location: Portage, IN

I use gentoo-sources on all of my machines. I've tried most of the other kernels just to give them a try. Some seem faster; however, I always end up having stability issues, so I switch back to gentoo-sources.
Gentoo-sources *just works*, so I really don't have much of a need for anything else. The main reasons I try other kernels also is for hibernate support, but I can never get it quite working right. Always end up having problems because of the nvidia binary.
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unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 755

gentoo-sources. What is surprising, I find it more responsible and faster than other patchsets, including zen/kamikaze-sources. Maybe it is just that I can't configure it properly, but I tried a few configurations and the responsiveness was still not good, especially while compiling stuff (though niceness of portage is 19).

luqas · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject:

gentoo-sources... Just need the basics.
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Rad · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject:

zen-sources. So far all the non-vanilla kernel patches I've needed or wanted were in there, so I stayed with this patchset.

chris.c.hogan · Apprentice Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 182

Depends on the system. I'm using gentoo-sources for the desktops, suspend2 (tuxonice now I guess) for laptops, and hardened for the firewall. I used hardened on the desktops for a while. However, too many things broke. I use gentoo-sources for the servers as well. I use distcc quite a bit and I figure it's best to keep a consistent tool-chain.

I hadn't heard of zen-sources. I don't see it in portage. Is there a site that tells about it?

FastTurtle · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:14 am Post subject:

Currently using Gentoo-sources on my desktop though I prefer the vanilla-sources even though unsupported by Gentoo though 2.6.23 vanilla was borked (missing to many settings and unusable)

As soon as I start installing Gentoo onto my laptop, it'll run the gentoo-sources as I'll be installing an Intel Wi-Fi card that has Open Source Drivers that work nicely.