I recently installed Linux for the first time in over a year (at least I think it's been that long) since I got another machine to work with (my last died and couldn't afford to fix it). I started ...

So I downloaded the latest kernel: 2.4.19 and started to follow the steps at the following website:<BR>http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Compiling_Kernels/19_Steps_to_a ...

It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.

How much do you know about your kernel? Like really know? Considering how critically important the Linux kernel is to the world—and, perhaps just as important, to our own personal computers and ...