From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu (mta2.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.82]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D6510A11 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:22:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta2.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta2.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ImsJx0Q8qj8X for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:22:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta2.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35487380048 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:22:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta2.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:22:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2902BD94 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:22:33 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <018601c9047b$a9cf3f70$4ba65c90@vv507j> From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000801c903ba$66e9f9a0$4200a8c0@tdsportable> <20080821182536.GA4528@implementation> Subject: Re: compiling linux kernel Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:22:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:22:34 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Thibault" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: Re: compiling linux kernel Tyler Littlefield, le Thu 21 Aug 2008 12:19:07 -0600, a écrit : > I don't want to use my kernel that came with deb because it's huge, and I > think I might get some better performance if there wasn't so much there, > in terms of everything being modules, etc. There is _no_ performance loss in everything being a module. Really, there is little point in using one's own kernel nowadays (except applying patches). And bragging rights. Well, I suppose that would only work on the uninformed. If you tell someone in the know that you're using a custom kernel they might think you're a dope. When I was fairly new to linux, I ran into somebody at a party and the conversation turned to how we spent our spare time. I said I was trying to get up to speed on linux. This other guy said he was into linux too so I asked which distro. He said, "I make my own." At the time I was very impressed. But now I say, "What a waste of time."