Res wrote:
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, John Summerfield wrote:
So you don't copy over your '.config'? you spend 30 minutes each time
re-inventing your wheel :) maybe you should be vanished back to
winblows then, as you seem to like bloated vendor OS's/kernels you'll
be right at home, then again, many people now days say Raleigh is
Redmond so what does it matter.
Have you evaluated your savings in compiling your own kernel? Vendors'
kernels may be comprehensive, but I doubt that they actually use more
RAM than a self-compiled one does.
bloated kernels increase the probability of exploits
If someone gets close enough to use an otherwise-unused kernel module,
the battle's already gone to the intruder.
My concern with building a kernel that's significantly different from
the vendors' is that vendors' scripts make some assumptions, such as
that one uses modules, such as that certain modules are available.
Well, thats why in slackware we dont have this problem, and on my last
remaining fedora desktop boxes, they are so unlike what the distro was
it wouldnt be an issue, thres not a hell of a lot left.
Bye
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Cheers
John
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