I put this under tutorials hoping that the responses would serve others as well as me. I am familiar with the linux kernel, and an OS's kernel in general, the function it serves.. I was looking for a little help.. I understand that's what this is all about...

But yes.. I understand that.. The kernel options.. say... adding and removing modules for different hardware.. tweaking to run faster.. cleaning it up.. adding and removing USB support.. legacy hardware support.. And I have done the same.. installed a new kernel without upgrading a distro.. I just never had to recompile, as most distros offer a few versions of a bloated basic set binary kernel and their sources versions based on what chip you run etc...


Thanks for the information.... Anyone else out there have some stories that would start this as being useful? That last post was basically a shot at me, made me feel stupid, and almost got me banned. The question I asked, was again, what are the steps nessacary to recompile a new kernel from source? For someone who hasn't done it a million times?

Ryan

So that I stop receiving negative points from people just reading it and dinging me...
Does anyone know a way to move this attempt to start a tutorial as is to a different area,
other than newbie tutorials?