[Gllug] Custom kernels

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Henrik Morsing wrote:

> 
> IBM has been shipping linux kernels with their own features in them for a
> while and now RedHat starts selling distributions (source: today's IT
> week) with customised kernels.

Redhat have always shipped 'customised' - read patched kernels.
For instance, the latest RH kernels come with NPTL. There was a report.

Don't get your knikers in a twist. The marketing types may be putting a 
spin on this - but everything should be transparent. That's the beauty of 
Linux.

To find out what is in vendor kernels, have a look at:
http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/


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