On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 12:05, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > And now, darn it...you got me thinking I should try! Are there any > advantages to compiling and leaving out the bunches of crap I don't ever > use that are built in the kernel? Like resources, memory, speed savings > of any sort? > No, absolutely not. 99.99% of Linux users should use their vendor's kernel. It has undergone a LOT more stability testing than whatever you would compile off of kernel.org. You should only use a kernel.org kernel if you need some feature or driver that your vendor's kernel does not provide, or, obviously, if you are hacking the kernel. If you go this route you should attempt to build a binary package for your distribution, then install that. This way you can post the packages somewhere, and other people who need a custom kernel for their own purposes can just download your packages vs. repeating all that work. Lee
