DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: wish list, 2.6



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Maybe just kernel security patches every other month?

Aside from hardware support, there's not a reason to upgrade kernels periodically. That's too intensive a process for something that's intended to be used as a live CD or installed in a manner so that the kernel is in a read-only environment.
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Maybe just kernel security patches every other month?

Aside from hardware support, there's not a reason to upgrade kernels periodically. That's too intensive a process for something that's intended to be used as a live CD or installed in a manner so that the kernel is in a read-only environment.

Hence "Maybe" :p

But maybe more in the line of bug-fix updates to current programs in dsl 3.x, like the supposed fluxbox/x-11 memory leak (fat chance, but I have 10 days uptime and no leak, hence supposed) or the white-page bug in monkey, like will be updated soon.
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Anybody intending to run a 2.6 kernel system will have to have capable hardware, i.e., much more ram. The kernel alone in 2.6 is twice the size of 2.4.

Okay; just found a rebuilt Dell D600 with a gig of ram on Craig's list (for all of $300....most expensive laptop I've purchased in years! ) for the experiment.  Hey....I've got great expectations....this should be fun, anyway....(I realize there's stiff competition out there in the "damn small" clones ....and am hoping you'll be including X  in the release  :)  )
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just found a rebuilt Dell D600 with a gig of ram

- probably the first thing you'll find is that you'll need XFree86 and 855patch/wrap or Xorg72 to get the display working properly...
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just found a rebuilt Dell D600 with a gig of ram

- probably the first thing you'll find is that you'll need XFree86 and 855patch/wrap or Xorg72 to get the display working properly...

It booted up 4.2 no problem... (think I was able to set vga with just xsetup)

EDIT: I checked it out again; boots up at 1024X768; has a Radeon Mobility 9000 M9 video card, and can't get higher res. I have a C600 that only gets 1280X1024, and has a Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X card (can't get a lower res).  Another C600 has a Radeon Mobility M6  card and gets 1024X768 and lower.  Does the patch you listed enable higher resolutions on the D600?
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