Robert Morein a écrit :
"Lionel" wrote in message
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Robert Morein a écrit :


"Lionel" wrote in message
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LOL................................


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- Linux is for Rebels, M$ is for Earthworms
- Linux is French
Ooops it starts again...

Bob if you have precise questions, if you want to fit specific use...
I will be glad to provide you help, link, philosophical advices...
But remember that I'm not a specialist but just a fan.

Lionel


I hear (at least for Suse) that compiling the kernel is now a job for
specialists. Have you tried this?


I was joking because in Linux Newsgroup the discussion around the
differents distributions (Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake...) are often very
hot. Kind of ABX or cable trolls for audio system. ;-)
I read recently that Suse has been bought by Novell. Perhaps you know
Novell ? It was my prefered network specialized OS. Far better than M$
NT server.


Yes I have already compiled a kernel.
It's not really "difficult". You have to know exactly what is your
material configuration.

Linux is a monolithique kernel so most of "drivers" are inside the
kernel. It's also possible under certain condition to compile separate
modules for specific devices (video card...) and to link them to the kernel.
The current version of the kernel is the 2.4 the forthcoming 2.6 which
is in beta version will bring very interesting features. As usual in
Linux most of them will concern network and server applications but some
of them can improve the "workstation" behaviour of the OS.


The biggest difficulty I have with Linux is the documentation : there's
too much documents on the internet.
I understand that you can tell yourself "Lionel is crazy there's never
too much documents" but believe me, you can find a so much huge amount
of litterature that you can be drowned.

I imagine that with your level of study and your habit of methodology
and research you wouldn't have any difficulties. Just need time and
curiosity...

Lionel