I am with you Paul. I started up with debian 1.1 (Buzz) and I was doing the network install over a windows internet share on a 28.8k modem..
I had to wait hours for “package” to download.. And I was compiling my kernels.. I dont do that anymore as most of the time the kernels that come with the disto I use alway’s fit. But It is a good Idea to know how a kernel is built, and sometimes when I feel like optimizing my machine I do a kernel compile.. And its fun! From: Paul Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: USB Ethernet Adapter (OT) build your own kernel --- In mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com, "pmooney22" <kwacka2@...> wrote: > > The O/P requested advice on how to get a particular device working and, with > respect to the O/P the comment that they were having difficuly in installing > a driver suggested to me that they were new to GNU/Linux. > > The O/P did NOT ask (until another poster mentioned this) about configuring > the kernel, and posts then moved to whether the driver in question would be > in a newer kernel (the file linked is 5 years old, the original driver was a > decade ago so a newer kernel is largely irrelevent) That is nice but I was not replying to the original poster I was replying to you. > > I agree with much of what you say; it would be ideal if everybody utilised > LFS and built their own drivers; but I'd suggest that comes after topics such > as kernel configuration which, in turn, came after software compilation and > driver installation, which might (in turn) would follow advice on installing > a popular distribution (Mint, Ubuntu et al). I don't expect anybody to advise > a user to start off on Gentoo, or even Arch Linux. I started off with Slackware in the 90s and I survived. > > It may well be that the O/P has no interest in developing skills beyond those > of a user, rather than an expert on GNU/Linux, and merely wants to use a > particular device that they possess. That is their prerogative. Then it is my prerogative to tell users like that I feel they are wasting their time. > > I agree there is nothing magic about compiling a kernel. However I would > suggest that there are many linux users that have never compiled a kernel, in > the same way there are possibly millions that have never used the > 'power'-shell when running Windows, and new users should be encouraged rather > than it be suggested that you 'have to' compile a kernel as a first step. Why? We are talking about Linux aren't we? Either use it, or don't. > > Regards [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
