[ltp] Mandrake 9.1/Redhat 9.0

[Tod Harter]

On Saturday 05 April 2003 11:09 am, brianweber4 at attbi.com wrote:

I think it must relate to what kernel patches are being used. My understanding 
is that RedHat is supplying a kernel with preemption support, which is going 
to make things more responsive at the front-end. On the flip side its still 
not clear that every driver or other kernel component is totally stable in 
that configuration (though I guess it must be pretty good or they wouldn't be 
doing it).

> Today I upgraded my IBM Thinkpad 380Z running Mandrake Linux 9.0 to version
> 9.1.
>
> Everything went smooth, sound works...everything!
>
> Right now I'm downloading Redhat 9.0 at a speed of 200KB/Sec from a FTP
> site! Each ISO takes me less than an hour to download. It's hard to
> believe, but true.
>
> I'm going to use another harddrive in my 380Z to try Redhat 9.0 when I
> finish downloading today.
>
> Mandrake 9.1 still gives me 'refresh flickers' as I scroll up & down in my
> internet browser, just like Mandrake 9.0 did.
>
> Is there a cure for this? I didn't see this 'refresh flicker' with Redhat
> 8.0.
>
> Brian

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Tod Harter
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