[TriLUG] USB on laptop

Mike M no-linux-support at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 6 11:54:36 EDT 2004


On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:18:06AM +0000, Erik Jacobson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:51:24PM -0400, Mike M wrote:
> > I've been building my laptop from a lean Debian Sid and
> > a fresh 2.4.26 kernel from kernel.org.  The point of this
> > exercise has been to learn many of the things the distros
> > do for you these days.
> 
> You may be interested in the kernel-patch-debian-2.4.26 debian package
> then ;)  Oh yeah, reading this reminded me of a good thread from a while
> ago (a bit political perhaps, but interesting at the time):
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200309/msg01133.html

It looks exhausting.  I was never inclined to get a Debianized
kernel and that thread reinforces my inclinations.  I am motivated 
to know what's running and reject things I don't need or want.

kernel.org works for me.

Backporting from a higher rev kernel into a lower rev kernel and
advertising it as though it's really the lower rev kernel is deceptive.
There should be a warning label B-).  I call for .gov regulations.
-- 
Mike

Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.



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