Linked by Joel Pomales on Wed 12th May 2004 19:38 UTC
I've been trying Linux on and off for a couple of years. My first experience with Linux was with a version of Slackware (can't remember) way back in 1996. At the time the installation was so daunting that I gave up all together. For a little background I consider myself a proficient computer user.
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How different can a 3.3 to 3.4 version be that something that works on one doesn't work on the other? I'm using now 3.3 for the time being.
3.3 used the 2.4 Linux kernel. 3.4 optionally has the 2.6 kernel - though I believe it defaults to the 2.4 kernel. But from one version to the next, various packages will be updated and the default settings may change. Sometimes the changes are for the better, sometimes they are for the worse.
I noticed that Knoppix has 2 3.4 versions ... one is dated 05.04.2004, the other is dated 05.10.2004. It's possible that the 3.4 version dated 05.04.2004 had a couple of critical mistakes in it which lead to the release of the 3.4 version dated 05.10.2004. But that's pure speculation on my part as I haven't read a changelog or anything.