Saturday, May 19, 2012

3 Reasons Why You Might Want to Compile Your Own Kernel


Linux systems are so ridiculously flexible and configurable, it’s downright crazy. A huge part of why Linux is so flexible is because of its modular structure. Every single system component and program is split up into many different packages that can easily be removed, added, or replaced by something else. Absolutely no part of the operating system has an exception to that rule, including the Linux kernel itself.
Due to that fact, you can relatively easily take outthe kernel, do some stuff to it, and then put it back in. But what exactly can you do with the kernel, and why should you consider compiling your own, customized kernel?

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