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On 7/15/2020 6:51 AM, Sergio Belkin wrote: > Hi community, > Please honestly, how many times in the last 5 years did you build a > new kernel? In the last 3 years ago? In the last 1 year? Please, > don't get me wrong, I think that is important conceptually **be > aware of** kernel building. But I think that in practice hardly > anyone builds a custom kernel. Okay, certainly not a thousand; several hundred; and at least 30, maybe 40; and in that order. I know in practice people build kernels everyday and tote them around with them. Perhaps you're only considering the more general purpose distros with support contracts? The kind that led me to completely eradicate RHCE from our enterprise at Medata when they told us that a kernel compile that we needed for our software would void our support contract? Perhaps you're not considering Arch, Gentoo, Slackware, and many other distros used on both the desktop and in the enterprise. A mention? No, I think this is a core competency and it would take two hands just to count the people I know who do kernel compiles each week - - obviously, my circle of geeks seems different than yours, but the suggestion that, "hardly anyone builds a custom kernel" is hardly, even remotely accurate. If someone comes to me interviewing for an admin job and they only have a *concept* of a kernel compile or toolchain, I can assure you that they only have a concept of a job. Configuring and compiling a kernel has never not been a core competency, and is also one of the things that has always set LPI apart from silos that offer their own certs to suit their narrative of what an engineer should have in their magic bag of Trix. > > What do you think? I'd be glad to read your opinions and > experiences. Thanks for asking, I'm really glad you did too :) Kindest regards, - -- Bradley D. Thornton Manager Network Services http://NorthTech.US TEL: +1.310.421.8268 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Find this cert at hkps://keys.openpgp.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - https://www.enigmail.net/ iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEENWT7St9Eg6sLyiLAuIw5wQytyEkFAl8SObsACgkQuIw5wQyt yElqIwgAyKcwl4BkUopo2bRlqCHbAoGF9dOGHWBQDp58MUF/4sXe0YR996DVhH0P PYZaNeVi7t0VZRh6jWaQaFd8xeRzcP1TLFv8G95AaA4sW71WvEbOW7T7v+Wt4IDg VTZFllzQxW++pFbguqdue+UFN+yBhvPLQDvpPTVAO2BMy9CaIMdGda7uCfDXlDde CEK6xFJmNrCz/V3ZkV7w+qnmaj9XFW08vKtRYvkui/agpphu5rf+dvSHO1GaDxcx GVucG/5JjZTVm73n5zCW5ZzlkrMT0huUN27IBP/7Zg4j1pd4Amkc/kf4nNhloS91 oM2LIMWheBekAi9vKxlMHjPSp7AvSA== =iHeG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
