Hi At my computers this normal stock kernel is enough... So i am too lazy to compile kernel. I do it only if hardware or something need it and often i used only kernel-headers for that job. i only used Linux to different jobs and only goals are it work, it is safe and it is easy maintain.
One point is maintenance. It's very easy and quickly install new image if you compare it's that way.. Download new source.. made new symlinks, add some patches and after that copy old config to /usr/src/linux and start make oldconfig. That is quite time consuming operation....and you get only smaller and little bit quicker system compared to stock kernel. Yes if you like increase your knowledge of Linux so compiling your own kernel perhaps teach some think for you. This is reason why i ask what about stock kernels, because i belive i am not lonely cowboy at the middle of the no where. Debian is distrubution and kernel is one quite important part of it. So it was quite strange if stock kernels left to unpatched. It seems at some images -1-x86 are patched maybe all, but if over 50 % used default installation kernel. This means at default stock kernel should prepared first. -- Riku ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-security@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Will 2.4.20 Source be patched for the latest kernel vulnerability? > Quoting Tim Nicholas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > That may be expected, but I would bet good money that it's not actually > > the case. > > Not the case that people are intended to pick a hardware-suitable image > to replace the installation kernel, or not the case that people do? > Please note that I never _said_ the latter. > > > I suspect that over 50% of debian installs use the default > > installation kernel until there is some good reason to change it (ie, > > something doesn't work). > > They might, indeed. If so, they lose. > > -- > Cheers, Before enlightenment, caffeine. > Rick Moen After enlightenment, caffeine. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >