>From what I know (admittedly, not much), kernel.org distributes source, not >binaries. I don't for sure what options that RedHat or Mandrake have chosen in >their distributed kernel, but it makes sense to me that it would be slightly >different.
This would be easy to find out. Simply grab one if those stock kernels and try booting it on a Gentoo box. jh > OK, hello once again, > > I thought that the only central piece of a linux distribution was the > kernel and the many common applications. What does it mean to support a > "stock, -ac, Red Hat, or Mandrake kernels" I thought custom compile is a > s good as it gets. Is the kernel different from distro to distro? Do > they not use exacly what is in kernel.org? > > Thanks, > > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 18:03, John Hebert wrote: > > There's a nice article on the upcoming features in Gentoo 1.4 on > > http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/intro_gentoo.html by the > > project's > > founder, Daniel Robbins (who is a really nice guy!). It describes some of > > the nice features of Gentoo and what's coming next in version 1.4. I plan > > to > > install it on a PowerMac 8500 soon, hopefully. > > > > -- > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > ~~ John Hebert
