On 6 Nov 2002 at 1:06, Santanu Chatterjee wrote: > Under windows, if we want some new feature, such as > udf filesystem access, or driver for viewing ext2 file > system we just install the relevant software, while, > on the other hand, under Linux, we all have to recompile > the kernel to add similar features. Why is this ? Or, > am I making any mistake ?
Well, on most recent distro. you don't need to compile. Occcasionally and/or very rarely you need to insmod/modprobe i.e. load the relevant driver. Most of the drivers are already there. Things can get autodetected and autoloaded.. Just click and run... The thing is, with linux you can not say for sure that the guy at other end of mailing list has a particular configuration. With windows you are sure because there are hardly any choices. Click-Run and pray. That's the end of it. In my four years of linux usage, starting with some arcane version of slackware came with a linux book on bombay streets to mandrake 9 I installed couple of weeks back, I have yet to across a situation where I need to compile a kernel to make something work. I did compile kernel to try few things out but that was just adventure..;-) Bye Shridhar -- Agnes' Law: Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
