On Saturday 30 December 2000 02:25 pm, David and Alicia wrote:
> I'd like to know, can somebody put me straight on why we should be
> optimising our kernels? what is a kernel?
What is a 'clarity mark answer'? Please post in plain ASCII text.
It's the number one rule for this and most all mailing lists.
http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade.html will explain why, how,
and what's needed for various ways to upgrade your kernel. Your kernel
is the basic core of the OS (it is in Windoze too) that all other
processes run under. With GNU/Linux, Linux is the kernel, GNU is
everything else (sort'a ;)
As to optimising, for most all users, on most all hardware, little
or no benefit will be gained from compiling a custom kernel, and if
you're not careful, you will break Mandrake specific features. That
said I still believe all users will benfit from learning how to, and
then compiling a kernel from source, just for the experience. It's
also a fairly good test of your hardware.
http://www.rpmdp.org/rpmbook/ an online book, and is a great
place to learn all about rpm's and using them.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
