[Tfug] linux no longer for amateurs

[Glen Pfeiffer]

On 15 Jan 2010, Zack Williams wrote:
> Back in the 1.3/2.0 kernel days I compiled my own kernels and 
> had fairly mixed results. I was running pretty bleeding edge 
> hardware then (dual 200Mhz pentium pros), and probably 1 in 5 
> kernel revisions didn't work quite right for me.
> 
> Since then, I haven't deviated from distro releases. There's 
> a reason that we have them, and not just a kernel with 
> separate userland - none of the BSD's or any other commerical 
> unixes do it the linux way.

On 15 Jan 2010, Bexley Hall replied:
> Care to pontificate on *why* "the linux way" is "better"?

Ummm, I think your showing your bias to argue against Linux every 
chance you get. I am pretty sure he meant that when working with 
a Linux system, it is probably best to use the distro kernels and 
not compile your own, precisely because the issue that Erich is 
running into.

-- 
Glen