I Just wanted to watch a traffic web cam, Java window says "Kernel is so old upgrade it !!!" what does it mean & how to upgrade this? I use Win XP.Thanks a lot.
2006-12-11 21:33:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The kernel acts as a mediator between your programs and your hardware. First, it does (or arranges for) the memory management for all of the running programs (processes), and makes sure that they all get a fair (or unfair, if you please) share of the processor's cycles. In addition, it provides a nice, fairly portable interface for programs to talk to your hardware. There is certainly more to the kernel's operation than this, but these basic functions are the most important to know
The kernel acts as a mediator between your programs and your hardware. First, it does (or arranges for) the memory management for all of the running programs (processes), and makes sure that they all get a fair (or unfair, if you please) share of the processor's cycles. In addition, it provides a nice, fairly portable interface for programs to talk to your hardware. There is certainly more to the kernel's operation than this, but these basic functions are the most important to know.
There are several reasons to upgrade your kernel. Most of the reasons are that you perhaps need a new device driver for your new or old hardware (the previous device driver could have had a bug somewhere) or you need to upgrade due to a bug in the kernel (security one or a non-security one). Usually new kernels run faster than the old ones and are more stable and reliable.
First you need to get the new kernel. Start a browser (any kind) and point it to http://www.kernel.org/ . There you can find a list of mirrors. Mirrors are sites with the (mostly) same information as the main site. Since the main kernel.org site is heavily overloaded with downloads choose a mirror site closest to you or even the one located in your country. For example: to get the new kernel from Norway point your browser to the .no kernel archive => http://www.no.kernel.org/ . Notice the .no after the www string. Lots of countries have mirrors for the kernel archive.
Once the mirror page loads you will find information on that page which looks like this:
<= start of example page=>
The Linux Kernel Archives mirror at Sunsite.uio.no
2006-12-11 21:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by trushka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The kernel in this case is the core java software. You can download a new version for free from the java/Sun website.
2006-12-11 21:36:57 · answer #2 · answered by lbuajlw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kernel this link is I think helpful
there are links to follow up Wikipedia is an excellent encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29
2006-12-11 21:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Eric C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kernel is the brain of your computer.....
be careful don't let any trojan spyware infected it....
2006-12-11 21:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋