2.6.23 kernel
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Sun Oct 14 09:28:18 UTC 2007
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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