On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > > You can go to www.kernel.org and get 2.4.14(the latest stable) and build > > it yourself or go to the mandrake website and find a cooker mirror and get > > the latest cooker kernel as an rpm and install it.(I never recommend this > > method I always like to build my own so I can add in only what I need and > > not have useless garbage compiled in that I don't need.) > > You have a good point there, although with SuSE, and a suspect Mandrake > too, there are generally a lot of nice features patched in that you do not > get at Kernel.org. BTW, does cooker offer source code too? I guess that would > be the best of both worlds - source code of a patched kernel. :-) > > -Tim > > Yes you can get the SRPM and build it yourself. I always get the source code myself as do most Linux users I know. I've never had troubles with anything not working or needing special mandrake patches. Of course that doesn't mean they aren't needed. -- Linux User #195191
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