Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)
The only problem I run into is my machines with more then a gig of ram... The
apt-get kernel works on pretty much everything, but that ram thing always gets
me ;)
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Luis Gomez wrote:
> On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 05:45, Birzan George Cristian wrote:
> > This might be a stupid question
>
> Hi all... let me ask another (probably) stupid question I've thought about for
> a long time.
>
> I always try to use precompiled software as much as possible, software coming
> from the official debian sources, as this gives me the possibility to upgrade
> them all with a simple apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade ; however,
> as for the kernel, I always download sources from an official kernel.org
> mirror and compile them myself with the traditional method.
>
> So my question is: what is the approach people take for this point? Do you,
> sysadmins with lots of machines, apt-get install kernel-source, or do you
> rather get an official kernel? What pros and cons has each of these points?
> Am I missing something important?
>
> TIA for your answers and advice
>
> Pope
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