2013/11/13 abrahanfer@xxxxxxxxx <abrahanfer@xxxxxxxxx>: > I suggest you Archlinux[1], highly updated and customizable. But it's not > broke by updates day in day out. > > [1] https://www.archlinux.org/ > > > 2013/11/13 Mandeep Sandhu <mandeepsandhu.chd@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Naman Shekhar Mishra >> <mishra123.naman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi mentors, >> > I have been studying the Linux kernel for some time and now I am going >> > to >> > try and get my hands hands dirty with the kernel. Can you please tell me >> > what is the best distro for this? I have experience with Gentoo and LFS >> > but >> >> If you're comfortable with Gentoo then I guess you're ready for kernel >> development! :P (kidding!) The reason I say this is because I heard >> (I've not used Gentoo personally) that you get to build/install all >> packages from scratch before using them! :) >> >> You can also have a look at the popular ones like Ubuntu, Fedora or >> Mint (dunno much about Mint though). They come with good package >> managers and that makes installing stuff easy. So whether you want to >> install eg binutils or a new browser or even the kernel sources, the >> package manager will help you get all the stuff + it's dependencies. >> >> HTH, >> -mandeep >> Hi, I have not tried gentoo yet. But I think that is a great distro for a deep learning. Nowadays I'm using arch and it is working very well to me. >> >> > would they be good if I just want to get involved in kernel development >> > (and not the maintenance overhead that comes with these distros)? It >> > would >> > be useful for me if you could tell me the distro you use. >> > >> > Thanks and regards, >> > Naman >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Kernelnewbies mailing list >> > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > -- Regards, Geyslan G. Bem hackingbits.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
