Comments on: Linux 2.6.24

By: acidic32

acidic32 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:42:04 +0000

I run LFS (linux from scratch) so compiling a kernel is mandantory, stock kernels dont seem to be very optimized for system’s, why have useless compiled in devices, and useless modules taking up space! Face it, its like stocking your fridge up with marmite when you hate the stuff!

By: clump

clump — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:01:22 +0000

I still use vanilla kernel.org kernels. I started compiling my own back in 1999, and have done so ever since to keep current and play with new features. I find that distro kernels are generally “good enough”, so it’s now more a habit than necessity for me.

By: Andre4s

Andre4s — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:20:48 +0000

Stock kernel of cource! fit my needs just fine.

By: daturan

daturan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:33:42 +0000

seems a bit of a blessing and a curse, I decided to compile my kernel per etqw requirement of the low-latency/preemptive stuff. The benchmarks did show an appreciable difference on my system (on other games too!).. It seems Ubuntu still wants to update my kernel and nvidia drivers are bunked for the apt repos. Not a biggie but it’s a little more work.

By: bersl2

bersl2 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:44:56 +0000

I have compiled my own stock kernels since I started using Linux in late 2001/early 2002. I do not foresee changing this practice.

By: Marv

Marv — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:15:11 +0000

Real men compile their kernels from scratch.

By: berarma

berarma — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:13:21 +0000

Lately, I’m compiling stock kernels patched for realtime. I used debian kernels before, but they don’t have all the realtime features that I want now for music and gaming.

By: phantomlord

phantomlord — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:20 +0000

Just a couple driver things that were neglected without a maintainer and left behind. As of 2.6.24, they’re no longer required since the main one (the advansys driver) was substantially changed.

Cheaper to use an old SCSI card that I already have for my flatbed scanner and tape drive than it is to buy an adapter to plug the chain into my Adaptec card.

By: ZlatkO

ZlatkO — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:24:14 +0000

Out of curiosity, how many of you compile from the stock kernel source these days?

I do. :-)

By: Crusader

Crusader — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:23:57 +0000

Cool – what are the patches? (I use gentoo-sources also).