Re: Which kernel (Linus or ac)?

[M. R. Brown]

* Tim Moore <[e-mail]> on Thu, Oct 11, 2001:

> Any special reason to use 2.4?  I only use 2.2.19p8 and 2.2.20p10 where
> stability is important.
> 

Before you turn this into another useless 2.2 vs. 2.4 thread, let me ask
you a simple question:

    Where the fsck is iptables in 2.2.20 ?

*Read* people, how hard is it?  The original post follows, note the poster
wanting "recent iptables", not 2.2.x.

M. R.

> 
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > 
> > I'm presently running 2.4.8 on a machine. The VM on this is not terribly
> > good (swaps a lot with seemlingly plenty of physical memory).
> > I'm considering going to an -ac kernel, but I need recent iptables. Is the
> > iptables code up to date in -ac?
> > Also, which -ac do people recommend? I've beent trying to follow lkm, but
> > I'm somewhat confused at this point.
> > 
> > The box:
> > 
> > P200MMX 64MB
> > 
> > It's used as a firewall and a ssh login/through server for external connections.
>