Comments on: Downshifting in the face of kernel problems http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/downshifting-in-the-face-of-kernel-problems/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sometimes a problem is a good thing « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/downshifting-in-the-face-of-kernel-problems/#comment-42783 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:59:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/downshifting-in-the-face-of-kernel-problems/#comment-42783 [...] 2010/04/20 Linux Leave a Comment Sometimes problems are good things. I mentioned a long time ago that my sometimes-used Corega CG-WLCB54AG2 wireless card has begun acting strangely, showing [...]

]]> By: steve http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/downshifting-in-the-face-of-kernel-problems/#comment-41568 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:39:33 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/downshifting-in-the-face-of-kernel-problems/#comment-41568 I have had this experience with 2.6.32 as well. I have gone back to using Debian Lenny after a few things breaking in Squeeze and Sid (no surprises I suppose) but I get sick of tracking stuff down when it doesn’t work. 2.6.30 didn’t like my synaptics touchpad and 2.6.32 slows my rt73usb wifi connection to the speed of dialup. Sorry Linux but that’s a one-two fail. I have found Lenny makes a good base for a CLI based system which can be seen here http://sirfer.dnsdojo.com/pix/fb1.png

cheers, the blog is great reading for us not-so-serious linux users ;o)

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