On Tuesday 12 October 2004 03:38, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 October 2004 01.34, Patrick B. O'Brien wrote:
Any body ever go out to the http://www.kernel.org/ site, grab and update their kernel?
"Their kernel" is THE kernel, the reference kernel, where kernel development is done, also called vanilla kernel. Anybody else's kernel is THEIR kernel (like SUSE's or Red Hat's or Mandrake's). Usually, the distros add patches, testing of their own flavour and supplemental drivers, so you should stick to the distribution kernel, it will fit better. This is so very true for SUSE. Compile your own if you have a reason, like: - want to learn - want to contribute code - some particular purpose, or hardware (unlikely, the distro kernel should work) - are bored and want to mess things up so you can spend some time fixing them PS "kernel.org any good?" LOL! Good one.