On Jan 31, 2008 7:43 AM, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious > as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels. > > As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much > benchmarks but the early ones I have seen showed some fairly decent > performance gains. > > Next, I am using Debian Etch on a old 500MHz PPC system. Thus, if there any > performance improvements, they probably would be noticeable on old system > like this. > > And finally, there should be no risks in compiling a new kernel right? If I > am not mistaken, I can choose (at start-up) which one to boot from. > > Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek > satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel.
If you want use MOL or TuxOnIce, you must compile your kernel. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1763167&group_id=179078&atid=887701 http://www.tuxonice.net/ Best regards, Bin > > Thanks, > Amit > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
