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.

  • ShadowA
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    1 year ago

    I have vague memories around that time of doing it, I think it took 3 days to compile IIRC.

    Or maybe I’m thinking of early Gentoo installs…