[TriLUG] Best Distro for Latest/Greatest Kernel

[Josh Vickery]

I was faced with the same problem myself recently, and I solved it by
compiling my own 2.6.20 kernel based off of the config from the Debian
2.6.18 kernel I was previously running.  Surprise surprise, things
changed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.20, and I was not terribly pleased with
the kernel I built.  I started to go down much the same path that you
are going down now, until I found this post:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12430 which pointed me to a
Debian kernel repository with an experimental 2.6.20
(http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/).  I tried that
out and was much happier with it than the one I built for myself.
Now, you might not be running Debian, so perhaps you could find a
similar repository for your distro of choice.

On 3/20/07, John Mitchell <john280z at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All -
> >
> > I'm wanting to mess w/ 2.6.20 but rather than grab a new vanilla kernel and
> > stick it in the middle of my current distro(s) or manually build an
> > environment out around it, I'm wondering if there's a distro out there
> > somewhere that may already take this approach and builds a comprehensive
> > "vanilla distro" that focuses on rapid adoption of new kernels.
>
> Try this search at Distrowatch:
> http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=linux&pkgver=2.6.20#pkgsearch
> There are some Live CDs out there
> johnm
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