On Saturday 29 of October 2011 03:28:15 Kevin Kofler wrote: > Karel Volný wrote: > > last time I've recompiled kernel it was on my Gentoo box and > > it took about five minutes - oh my ... > > > > /me hides :-) > > It takes much less time to build a kernel configured > specifically for your machine, with only the modules you need > (compiled in or as module shouldn't matter), than to build a > distro kernel, which has to build almost all modules in > existence.
I know ... I just deemed it an interesting comparison, although completely useless > But of course, you have to know what you're doing > to configure a custom kernel, and it also takes time (YOUR > time, not just your computer's) to configure it. which isn't a bad thing after all, because at least learn something and 'make oldconfig' is such a wonderful command ... K. -- Karel Volný QE BaseOs/Daemons Team Red Hat Czech, Brno tel. +420 532294274 (RH: +420 532294111 ext. 8262074) xmpp ka...@jabber.cz :: "Never attribute to malice what can :: easily be explained by stupidity."
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