This article will describe how you can compile the latest kernel from the official kernel.org git repository in a Ubuntu way. As you can tell I’m not referring to any kernel version because this will work for any kernel version you can pull from the official kernel.org repository, but for the better readability I’ll be compiling version 3.3.
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If people ask me what distribution of Linux I run on my laptop I tell Ubuntu but in all honesty that’s not entirely true and I’ll explain that later.
I have been using Ubuntu for a couple of years, mostly because when I was looking for a distribution for my laptop it was Ubuntu which just worked out of the box, unlike Fedora or Suse. Many years have passed since that decision and things have changed with Ubuntu. The default software provided by Ubuntu has changed drastically and with the upcoming Ubuntu Lucid Lynx it will be changing even more. I didn’t like the changes the made in the past and I don’t like the changes they are making for Lucid Lynx. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate all things they change, new kernels, upstart are just a few things that I agree with. What I don’t agree with is what I like to call the dumbing down of applications and bloating of applications.
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On Wed December 23, version 1.6.6 of git was released. This version is currently available in my repository for both Jaunty and Karmic.
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Version 1.6.5.3 of git has been released today. You can find them in my repository. More information about this repository on the appropriate page
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On Saturday Oct 10, 2009, version 1.6.5 of git was released. This version is currently available in my repository for both Jaunty and Karmic.
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