It’s not really a big deal, but I am currently writing this using a linux kernel I compiled from source, which certainly feels like an accomplishment. The Arch Wiki has made the process fairly easy to follow. I just took the stock Arch Linux configuration without changes for now.

The most important part of this is of course that I have the option to do that, to take the source code of this incredible project and build my own kernel binary.

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Nice! I also compiled the kernel multiple times when I used Gentoo back in mid 00’s. It may not be a big deal as such, but I feel kind of good being able to say I’ve done it.

    Next challenge: write your own kernel.

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      1 year ago

      I installed gentoo from stage 1 or maybe 2 back in the day… it compiles to compiler to compile the rest of the build process and then compiles the kernel and base… quite fascinating but it took about 3 hours on the hardware I was using.