From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264286AbUEIHdl (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 03:33:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264288AbUEIHdk (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 03:33:40 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:45733 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264286AbUEIHdj (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 03:33:39 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 00:33:31 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Rene Rebe Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rock-user@rocklinux.org Subject: Re: Distributions vs kernel development Message-ID: <20040509073331.GY1397@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Rene Rebe , shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rock-user@rocklinux.org References: <20040507085312.3247d70d@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <409BB334.7080305@pobox.com> <20040509.084923.558886277.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040509.084923.558886277.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 08:49:23AM +0200, Rene Rebe wrote: > Since other use this chance to propose already well known > distributions I just want to add that ROCK Linux is also designed to > run vanilla kernels - and in fact we only patch vitally important > changes (such as compile fixes / header fixes) into the -rock kernel. > http://www.rocklinux.org > Sincerely yours, > Ren? Rebe > - ROCK Linux stable release maintainer Very interesting. I've been quite eager to see a distro whose kernel is based on mainline without significant adulteration. I'll have to get a Rock Linux installation going and fiddle around with it. -- wli