Re: Starting fresh on my Toshiba A105-S2101 and want a custom kernel
Daniel Pittman wrote:
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> The OP didn't mention anything about boot time, though, and the most
> commonly cited reason for a custom kernel (in my experience) is "speed",
> where the poster assumes that a generic kernel must, necessarily, be
> slower than a custom one.
That was my assumption as well. I was under the impression that if the
kernel had less to sift through then it would be faster. Now that I'm
looking at it I can see that, once booted, it is only using the modules
that it needs.
It would seem that compiling the kernel is only necessary if I had some
kind of exotic hardware, although boot time gains can be had from a
custom kernel. I'm still planning on learning how to build a custom
kernel sometime in the near future, but right now it is not quite as
important. Still, I would like to see exactly how fast I could get the
laptop to go from GRUB to my FVWM-Crystal desktop. :)
As a side note, A friend of mine installed Arch Linux on the laptop in
an effort to lure me over to his camp. I really liked how fast it
booted into X and how small the footprint seemed, but can't see any
compelling reason to swap distros (mostly because I'm more comfortable
using Debian I would guess).
Preston
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