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This poll is quite ambiguous and I don't know exactly what you want to know. Do you want to know if I use the latest upstream kernel, the latest upstream kernel without patches (vanilla) or any vanilla kernel?
EDIT: Also, how do you define the latest kernel? Is a 3.8 kernel the latest or must it be the last point release (currently 3.8.6)?
Do you want to know if I use the latest upstream kernel, the latest upstream kernel without patches (vanilla) or any vanilla kernel?
We'd mostly like to know how much people are still interested in building their own kernel (is it worth the time to build a better UI for it, how far do distros need to go, ...).
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EDIT: Also, how do you define the latest kernel? Is a 3.8 kernel the latest or must it be the last point release (currently 3.8.6)?
I fail to see why someone shouldn't use the latest one once using upstream.
While I'm using 3.9.0-rc6, I really only meant using your distro kernel vs upstream.
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I voted both as I've recently been messing with compiling my own kernel (3.8.6 presently) with mixed success. I'm not sure what the real advantages (if any) are over using the default in Sid (3.2.0-4 I think).
We'd mostly like to know how much people are still interested in building their own kernel (is it worth the time to build a better UI for it, how far do distros need to go, ...).
That makes sense.
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I fail to see why someone shouldn't use the latest one once using upstream.
Because of your ambiguous wording. As explanation, I am currently using a distribution kernel on my main rig, but since I am using Slackware it is a vanilla kernel, but it is 3.8.4, so I didn't know if I can call this the latest one.
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I really only meant using your distro kernel vs upstream.
Now that makes it really clear. In that case I will answer "both".
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