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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Those who custom configure their kernel: what did you gain? (lemmy.ml)

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Curious to know the coolest things you achieved by configuring your kernel. I know kernel config can be boring, but I'm hoping someone will have an impressive answer.

For me I have a very lightweight kernel that runs wayland on nvidia without any issues to date.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Better access to tools like ebpf and xdp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

LPIC-2 certification

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm running a custom kernel on my Arch laptop. It's a little faster, a little smaller and a little quite more secure. I'm also running custom kernel which enables adiantum encryption on old phone with postmarketOS.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Filesystem level encryption enabled on RHEL. For some damn reason, they turn it off in their kernel.

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