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cuban
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 Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:24 am Post subject: Vanilla vs MM vs Love |
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What are the differences? I'm a bit confused.
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shm
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:42 am Post subject: |
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vanilla is a pure linux kernel that linus trovalds releases on kernel.org. it is considered stable.
mm is vanilla-based kernel that andrew morton releases. it has a lot of experimental code and otherwise cool features. it is considered unstable, but can be stable for many.
love is a mm-based kernel that steel300 releases. it has even more experimental code than mm and has even more cool features. it is considered unstable, but can be stable for many.
I use both mm and love; both are quite good. But if you want an absolutely stable kernel, use the vanilla sources.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| shm wrote: |
I use both mm and love; both are quite good. But if you want an absolutely stable kernel, use the vanilla sources. |
-mm/-love includes fixes for vanilla, for example -mm includes a patch to make ppp compatible with udev and -love includes a patch to make framebuffer udev-compatible.
love rules ;p
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Jake
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:28 am Post subject: |
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| OneOfOne wrote: | | shm wrote: |
I use both mm and love; both are quite good. But if you want an absolutely stable kernel, use the vanilla sources. |
-mm/-love includes fixes for vanilla, for example -mm includes a patch to make ppp compatible with udev and -love includes a patch to make framebuffer udev-compatible.
love rules ;p
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but sometimes those "fixes" break other things, which is why they're not in the stable release yet |
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The love and mm sources tend to include a lot of patching to make the kernel better for desktop usage. In terms or responsiveness, you'll tend to find it to be: love > mm > vanilla.
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cuban
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Is there somewhere I can find a list of the differences?
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| cuban wrote: | | Is there somewhere I can find a list of the differences? |
Both the mm and love sources have changelogs that show what patches they apply.
| charlieg wrote: | | The love and mm sources tend to include a lot of patching to make the kernel better for desktop usage. In terms or responsiveness, you'll tend to find it to be: love > mm > vanilla. |
Yeah, that's true; however, that's minimized these days as more and more desktop responsiveness patches roll back into vanilla. Still, there are many interesting patches in mm/love.
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