[ILUG] use kernel patches! (was RE: bzip2)

[Vincent Cunniffe]

ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
> 
> > On stuff like the kernel it gives a fairly consistent 20% improvement
> > over gzip, so you wind up with a 12MB download instead of a 15MB one.
> 
> urggghhh...
> 
> download the kernel *once* and then stick to patches... grrrr...

hehe... I've never patched a kernel... too lazy ;-)

Vin

P.S. I can hear the howling and screaming now...