Types of Kernel

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:57:28AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
 > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:49:51PM +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
 > > A vanilla kernel is what you can download from kernel.org.
 > > Kernels used in Linux distributions typically contain
 > > modifications (bugfixes, experimental features...).
 > 
 > The mantra for Fedora is "upstream, upstream, upstream". So, the Fedora
 > kernel attempts to be as close to "vanilla" as reasonably possible. In the
 > old days, it was coconut almont fudge ripple with marshmallow swirls and
 > caramel topping; now it's more chocolate chip. :)

Though, Xen does add an additional flavouring, more prominent in some
parts of the kernel than others.  FC5 is probably the most we've deviated
away from mainline since FC1.

		Dave

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