[NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat Offerings

[Burton M. Strauss III]

There's a huge difference between taking a highly tuned and patched kernel
and using the configuration options to eliminate things you don't have
(hardware) and/or move things in to out of modules,

vs. taking a vanilla kernel and having to figure out what to add?  MM
patchset?  Colin's stuff?  etc. etc.


-----Burton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Greg Edwards
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:30 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat Offerings
>
>
> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> >
> > It may seem proprietary, but the GPL requires that all source be
> > available for the asking.  Or, do we need to take on Redhat for GPL
> > infringement?
> >
> > I believe you should still have the way to roll your own
> kernel.  Theirs
> > may be built their way, but I normally rebuild, strip out all the
> > modules I don't need, and if possible, build without module
> support.  It
> > loads a lot faster and is more impervious to LKM trojans.
> >
> > ...Ken
> >
>
> Ok, dumb question.
>
> If you have to strip out modules and recompile, why do you buy
> that distro?
>
> Why not buy a cleaner distro and add the modules you want without having
> to recompile the kernel?
>
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