Eek! Piece of free advice there amigo... might be better to run sketchy experimental labs like that in a virtual machine instead of on your...
Updates to an obsolete thread! => HWF Custom Kernel Wiki Howto check the MD5 sums of downloaded kernels[HWF Custom Kernel Wiki] Howto install the...
Well, I can help you with that SELinux stuff right now: Never run it on a desktop! :D Even on a server, it can be a bit of a PITA. On a desktop,...
w00t, nice job. :) What's your impression so far? Nice, did you use sgfxi to install them? Hehe, you're more than welcome. I feel desktop Linux...
Whoops, gotta be more careful with what I say; I wasn't being literal. :P First off, I don't recommend installing a kernel with 'make install' in...
If you followed most walkthroughs online, you usually won't end up with a .deb file. It's more a 'make && make install' endeavor, where it...
You might want to try Sidux first by running it live, and see if Debian's for you. I find Ubuntu slow, bloated and cumbersome personally, but Deb...
Another vote for boot and nuke. Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe Even if they want to put the laptop back in circulation in the...
If you haven't noticed, the posts in this thread is obsolete, though I've updated the first two posts in this thread to reflect the changes. I'm...
I run Debian. You can have a root account in Deb, but to run as root full-time is silly. Especially in Linux, where even a normal user has plenty...
FYI, the kernel repo is back with the latest kernel builds... and yes Saba, there are Pentium-M (Centrino) builds. :) HWF Custom Kernel Wiki...
Sorry to disagree, but the 3.2GB cap is only true of Windows. In my case, I'm running the x86 build of Debian... with 8gb of RAM. :) Regards, -AT
I've got 8gb in my x86 rig, wife's got the same in hers. But I compile with mine, and the wife does photo editing on very large images on hers so...
Wow, don't any English mind living in a fascist country? Isn't anybody angry about this?
Unfortunately, you're going to need an OS CD in order to recover. Otherwise, if your recovery partition is intact, you could do a re-image....
*moved* It always feels good to build your own rig. :) Welcome to HWF
A bit, but the single largest impact for a desktop-oriented system will be changes to the scheduler and timer resolution. If you want the package...
Hey, just an update. I've got parts for a budget quad core box on the way. Guess that means I'll have the hardware to start building kernels again...
I haven't really had time to build kernels, since I'm a full time sysadmin for a tech company, which keeps me pretty busy... not to mention a...
Yeah, hehe, I see now. Here's more or less how I do it: Download the latest stable from kernel.org Untar it Grab the latest kernel config for my...
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