[ILUG] Debian or Fedora?

[Liam Bedford]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 January 2004 11:58, Liam Bedford wrote:
> 
> 
>>Out of interest, what's the recommended way to install a new kernel on
>>Fedora, if it's not in fedora (say 2.4.24-ck1 or whatever)?
> 
> 
> I don't know what the "recommended" way is,
> but personally I just get the kernel from www.kernel.org and compile it.
> Then I say "make modules_install; make install".
> 
> I'm completely baffled by the passion for downloading binary kernels.
> I've always thought one of the nice things about Linux is that
> it doesn't really matter which distribution you use,
> because you can always compile and install the latest kernel,
> and the kernel is what really matters.
> 
That's okay.. bafflement is a requirement on 99% of conversations on 
ILUG (cf the IRC channel or the Kit Car thread above).

As I said, the main reason I like being able to get packaged kernels is 
because it allows me to forget about looking after another set of files. 
  The set of files in my home directory is hard enough to manage thank 
you, even though CVS looks after my sources usually, that I'd like not 
to have to worry about editing /etc/lilo.conf for a new kernel, or 
/boot/grub/menu.lst, or tidying up in /lib/modules when I decide that 
2.6.5-rc1-mm1-pre5 actually isn't very good.

> Incidentally, this isn't a Fedora vs Debian issue,
> as Fedora users seem to be passionately seeking binary kernels,
> although judging from the fedora-list mailing list
> this frequently doesn't meet expectations.
> 
> One minor disadvantage of these kernels
> is that they are invariably too large to fit on a floppy.
> 
Possibly a disadvantage. Personally, I haven't used a floppy in a very 
long time, but to each his own. Hail apple, killers of the floppy drive :)

L.