Re: "Kernel surfers"

On 24 Mar 2024 10:27:18 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
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Le 23-03-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :

On 22 Mar 2024 21:45:54 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
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Le 18-03-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :

Note that I download and build the kernel on my own,

 
What for? I haven't done it in decades. It was mandatory 30 years ago,
but not anymore.
 
I update it something like once a week and it's done effortlessly. I
can imagine some reasons to do it, but not for a normal usage of a
computer.

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Because I'm curious.

 
I'm not sure I really understand.

I'm not incurious.

To download and build the kernel on
your own to learn is worth enough by itself. It's a good idea, I have
nothing to object. But if that means you won't update it because the
effort isn't worth the gain, it's not the same thing.

Who says I won't update it?  I'm just happy running the current
"mainline" kernel, and not the very latest.

Either you update
it to continue your learning path or you switch back to the kernel once
you understand it. Of course, it's your own computer, you do what you
want but I'm not sure I understand what you want.

I want both the source of the OS I'm currently running, as well
as running the latest kernel.  I also get a kick out of running
"make -j 16" on the Linux sources on this system, which
has 64 hyperthread cores.

(I limit the parallel builds to 16 because I build Linux
using storage on my 10G-attached NAS.)

BTW, building a kernel and then adding the NVidia binary-blob
driver isn't a new thing for me -- used to do it all the time
on Fedora.  Then I lost interest.  Have recently regained interest
because...I'm not incurious.

I also sometimes give back to the community:

I used to contribute to the Hauppauge(sp?) hdpvr driver.  I also
once helped fix arp.  I also once did a "git bisect" on Linux to
find a regression.  The beauty of Linux is that anybody with some
ability can contribute to making the system better.

It is the spirit of "ubuntu" -- not the distribution, but the
concept the distro was named after.

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-v