[ubuntu-uk] kernels and releases

[luxxius]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 16:27 +0100, Alec Wright wrote:
>> As long as the first 2 digits (2.6) are the same, everything should
>> still run fine. No new features will be added to the kernel until 2.7,
>> which I expect is a long way off.
> 
> Umm, that's a little, er, inaccurate  :)
> 
> New stuff comes into the kernel all the time, new drivers, new
> technologies etc. kvm for example came in at 2.6.20, not on a major
> point release.

Alec / Alan >>> Thanks for the quick replies.  So is the upshot that I'm 
OK using the Feisty repos with 2.6.17?

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Diana