Re: Which kernel is the best for a small linux system?

[Grant Coady]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:25:44 -0500, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 19:01 -0300, j4K3xBl4sT3r wrote:
>> so, in the case of the big footprints, might I use a 2.4.x instead of
>> 2.6.x just to avoid memory leaks and performance loss? 
>
>Simply using more memory than a previous version is not a memory leak.

Sure, but there are measured performance loss in some areas 2.6 vs 2.4, 
which seem unimportant to others on lkml.  Interactive ssh console delay 
is the one I notice and have reported a couple times to lkml without 
resolution.  

While 2.4.latest is getting security fixes from Willy Tarreau, I trust 
it more than 2.6.stable to run the firewall box here, which is an old 
pentium/mmx 233 box.  

Grant.
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