[Trisquel-users] Re : Compiling a GNU Linux-libre kernel risky?

[lcerf]

If you only do that, you will not learn anything.  And not have a kernel that  
is specifically configured for your hardware.  The next step, 'make gconfig'  
(or use whatever other interface you happen to like), is the interesting/hard  
part: you will be drowning into a huge amount of components to include (as  
modules or not) or not and will have to learn details about your hardware,  
about how kernels work, etc.  That said, I encourage you to try.  Just focus  
on a few things (and let the remaining as 'make oldconfig' configured them),  
then on a few more things, etc.