On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:22:33PM +0800, zhaoway wrote: > > I should build my own kernel, right? > > Sure, you're a computer geek. But remember we don't expect our users > to be all computer elites. No, they're no dummies. Think about > scientists, etc. who just simply don't have that much enough time > sometimes to make oneself be familiar with kernel compiling. And why > bother? (Ie. in most cases.)
If they're not into madly trying to get the configuration perfect when it comes to the kernel, why install an optimized version at all?