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What Kernel ? I'm confused.

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What Kernel ? I'm confused.

Postby garagestmarien » Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:25 am

The system I am using is in my signature.
What I am hoping to get from this topic, is what is the best Kernel for my system.

Like a lot of people, (my set up is now old and behind the times and until I have the money to get an i7 rig, with next doors house to hold all the memory and drives etc :lol: ), I want all the eye candy and best performance I can get.

I have tried other distro's and some are really fast, but boring :? , Some are really really bloated, some won't load (99% of the time it's Debian based for me) and everything else in between.

I was running UE2.9 as my main system and just have to admit (for me) there just isn't anything out there that comes close to the quality.
But I did have a problem a while ago, a program called Stellarium, I've used it in other distro's without problem, but in 2.9 it just wouldn't run (see previous post).
But yesterday while reading about UE2.6.3 being fast (and having Ultimate player) I thought I'd give it a try while I wait for UE3.0 to become available.
I can't say I have noticed any speed difference, but can say that Stellarium works properly.
Why in 2.6.3 and not in 2.9. My guess could be the kernel version (and I know, maybe a lot of other things).

So I post this as I am trying to figure out if there is a way to determine what is the best kernel to run on my system. (present 2.6.32-34 generic).
I hope someone can shed some light on this for me.
Acer Aspire SA60, Intel Celeron 2.8ghz, 2gig ram, 1x80gig (xp), 1x80gig (UE2.9) & 1x100gig (Storage) hard drives,ATi 9600 pro graphic card (agp), 22" lcd monitor @ 1680x1050res. Running dual boot Win XP and Ultimate Edition 2.9 on seperate drives.
Even for this rig, performance is good and all 3d works nice.
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Re: What Kernel ? I'm confused.

Postby pch.shot » Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:17 pm

The most recent kernel is usually the best choice.
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Re: What Kernel ? I'm confused.

Postby pclinuxguru » Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:43 pm

It is a VERY well known FACT that support for older tech starts to be dropped to make way for newer tech on newer kernels.

Finding a newer kernel that will support your hardware will take testing on your part.

Some times you get lucky , newest kernel might still have support for your aging hardware.
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