Re: Why is the Debian home page so boring?
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> PS:
> On the wish list for the distribution I would like to add an smp
> kernel. Other distributions have. Today this has to be made manually,
> even if excellent tools are available for this.
>
> Best regards,
> Svante Signell
>
You would definitely want to build yourself a new kernel ASAP
after installing the system. The base-install-kernel is loaded
down with lots of unnecessary stuff, because it is meant to be
as universal as possible (kind of like the winblows kernels).
Universal in this context also means single-processor, 386
-compiled, for max compatibility.
If you're running Slink, compiling a kernel also means
changing to a more recent kernel than the ailing 2.0.36 ;-)
Building a kernel is really quite easy, and gives you a really
good feeling (besides faster system and faster booting).
Regards
Vitux
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Richard Nixon
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