On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:07:08 -0500 Paul Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon December 21 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I do: stick with your homegrown kernel. > > > > (From the guy who only uses custom kernels) > > what would I gain from using a custom kernel, what would it take to > make/install one, ( a how-to?). > for a "regular" desktop user, web, email... what advantage is there?? Many argue, not much, but I can see the following: 1) Faster booting, since irrelevant drivers aren't loaded and won't spend time probing. 2) Security - one of these null pointer dereferences that they keep discovering can't hurt you if it's in code that hasn't been included. 3) Education - it's an unbeatable way to get a deeper knowledge of your system. 4) Flexibility and control Note that I'm not expert, and these are just my opinions, and may even be factually incorrect. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
