[techtalk] 2.4.2 kernel dodgy? and double messages

[Akkana]

Jeff Dike writes:
> You might try upgrading to a newer kernel.  RH6.2 has 2.4.2, and the early
> 2.4 kernels were a bit dodgy.

Where's a good source for learning which kernels are considered
stable and what problems one might encounter which a particular
version?  (I thought 2.4.2 was supposed to be pretty solid, so I've
been running it now on all my machines.)

Incidentally, am I the only one who's suddenly getting two copies
of many techtalk messages?  It's not a matter of going to both the
old and new lists.  Here are the part of the headers which differ
between the two copies I received of a recent message:

The first copy:
Received: from [24.254.60.32] (helo=femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com)
        by www.linux.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1)
        id 15T7iU-0005r5-00
        for techtalk at linuxchix.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:08:10 +0100
Received: from [192.168.0.42] ([24.112.42.199])
          by femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com
          (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP
          id <20010804200753.NHPE27925.femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[192.168.0.42
]>
          for <techtalk at linuxchix.org>; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:07:53 -0700

The second copy:
Received: from [216.191.128.14] (helo=maksystems.com)
        by www.linux.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1)
        id 15T7jg-0005vr-00
        for techtalk at linuxchix.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:09:25 +0100
Received: from Spooler by maksystems.com (Mercury/32 v3.01a) ID MO000497;
    4 Aug 01 16:32:29 -0400
Received: from spooler by maksystems.com (Mercury/32 v3.01a); 4 Aug 01 16:31:38 
-0400
Received: from [192.168.0.42] (24.112.42.199) by maksystems.com (Mercury/32 v3.0
1a) with ESMTP ID MG000496;
   4 Aug 01 16:31:26 -0400

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