Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:30:47 -0800 | From | Tsurng-Chen Chern <> | Subject | Re: Packaged Kernel |
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I can't agree more. I would rather spend 1~2 hours download the 7 MB source code with my 14.4 Kb modem while I watching TV and eating my dinner, than spend 1~2 hours pulling my hair out and trying to figure out whether I need to download this module or not.
bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au wrote: > > Some other numbers that I think are relevant: > > 1 year ago the common hard drive size ~500megs with 1.2gig being the biggest > that most people were buying. Now 1gig+ is the common size and 3gigs is the > common purchase size for people not running DOS. > > 1 year ago 14K4 Internet access was still pretty common. Now it seems that > 28K8 is the bare minimum and 33K6 is becoming very common. ISDN and cable > modems are now starting to be found in homes. > > If hard drive size and Internet connection speed double, then is the doubling > of the kernel source archive size an issue? > > Russell Coker > > PS I still think that the way to go is to have some scripts to allow the > upload of a .config file to a web server which will then send a .tgz file with > complete compiled kernel and modules. I'll run it on my server if someone else > writes it.
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