On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 10:41:08AM +1100, Joshua Rose wrote: > I just wanted to briefly point out that as a native English speaker I > found the following text significantly hard to read. > > "Do not worry installing your kernel manually and thus bypassing your > distribution’s packaging system will totally mess up your machine: all > parts of your kernel are easy to remove later, as files are stored in > two places only and normally identifiable by the kernel’s release > name."[1] > > I found this very hard to read. I would probably re-phrase this as > follows, but I'd be completely open - and in fact encourage - any > suggestions on the rephrasing of the excerpt. > > "Do not attempt to circumvent your distribution's packaging system by > installing your kernel manually; this will likely break your machine. > Components of your kernel can be selectively removed later on. Such > components (files) are stored in two locations, both identifiable > by the kernel's release name." I think that's the opposite of what they meant. I understand it as: "Feel free to circumvent your distribution's package manager as it's easy to remove the kernel afterwards". But hey, what do I know?
