Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> I've installed gentoo on my laptop (in addition to Debian) and, I've
> got to say that the days I spent compiling things weren't worth any
> performance improvements (which I didn't see).
>
> How much of a difference to you actually see in a custom-compiled
> kernel vs. a stock kernel?
Its less about performance than it is about reducing the amount of junk
that I don't need that's in the kernel. The less unneeded stuff kept
in the kernel, the less points for failure or exploitation.
J
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