[KLUG Members] 2.4.22 On The Verge

[Bruce Smith]

> > > ACPI! ACPI! ACPI!  Laptop Linux users rejoice!
> > Are you going to try it?  If so, PLEASE let me know how it works!
> 
> I intend to try it, ACPI would fix several problems I have.

Cool.  Please let me know.  There is a debate on the DL-develop mailing
list, if it's stable enough to include ACPI support in our kernel.

The only reason we're even considering it, is some people want their PC
to power-off on shutdown.  (we don't want the firewall to "sleep" :)

> > > And the Cyrpto API?!  Does this mean ipSec support won't suck?  PPTP (i.e
> > > MPPE-128 can be built in)?  
> > The word I heard is YES, FreeS/WAN should be able to work without a
> > kernel patch.  HOWEVER, FreeS/WAN has to catch up with this latest
> > development before it'll work.  Not sure about PPTP.
> 
> After some testing I'm thinking of cancelling support for all VPN
> technologies other than OpenVPN when the new year rolls around.    It'll
> crank some of the Win9x people I have left, but "Oh Well!".  Bill will
> be happy with me since it will drive about half a dozen people to send
> him more money.

OpenVPN is free for Win32 users, right?  The money spent will be
upgrading from Win9x (not OpenVPN), right?

> > Don't quote me on that.  My sources are not totally reliable.  :-)
> 
> I presume you DL guys would know everything about that.

We'll know shortly.  I'm not the guy who does the kernel on DL.

I ask the kernel guy your question, and got a rather short and cryptic
answer.  My answer to you is what I *think* he was saying.  :-)

After he uploads the upgrade to 2.4.22 into CVS I'll know for sure.
Hopefully that'll be soon, since he's REALLY been wanting 2.4.22.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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