[CentOS] applying kernel patch

[Filipe Brandenburger]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 16:22, Steven Vishoot<sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote:
> just wondering, why would you not want the latest kernel?

Because it will potentially not run "as smooth" as the kernel version
shipped by CentOS. While newer kernels typically improve hardware
support, they also introduce changes that are incompatible with the
userland utilities provided in CentOS, so these changes may actually
*break* something that works with an older version...

It's all part of what is called an "Enterprise Linux Distribution".
When you choose such a distribution, you basically accept that some of
your packages will be somewhat outdated (with backports for security
issues) but on the other hand you know the components have been more
tested together than with other "bleeding edge" distros... If you want
to run a more updated kernel, you should probably look into Fedora or
Ubuntu. If you want to run *the* latest kernel, you should probably
look into Gentoo. However those are admittedly not as stable as
CentOS/RHEL is.

HTH,
Filipe