[Gllug] 2.6.31 is out

[Caroline Ford]

On 13 Sep 2009, at 14:59, Matthew King <matthew.king at monnsta.net> wrote:

> Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Just out of interest, what do you do if you want to run the latest  
>> and
>> greatest kernel?  If you're running one of the 'Enterprise' flavours
>> of Linux, there won't be a package, and if you build your own from
>> scratch I'd be surprised if you'd then be offered any support.  Do  
>> you
>> run Gentoo or Slackware, or something that is supportive /  
>> encouraging
>> of DIY solutions?  Or do you just go ahead an build your own anyway?
>
> Debian (and therefore Ubuntu) have facilities to create package files
> from a pristine kernel source. I don't know what they'd do about  
> support
> but I doubt you'd be turned away.
>
> Matthew
>
Ubuntu doesn't support kernels it doesn't ship. The new kernel will be  
in karmic though, due in October.

Caroline 
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