02-15-2010
Compile Leanest Slackware Kernel
My goal is to make the leanest Slackware kernel possible for my machine specifically. I'm not exactly a newbie to unix, but I'm not an expert.
I tried this tutorial
Chapter*18.*Building a kernel , but I would like something in more depth to really make a lean slack machine. Where should I go?
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first of all I'm 110% newbie, sorry for any mistake if I made it.
In my country there are no normal or active linux forums, so i found this forum.
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UNAME(1) User Commands UNAME(1)
NAME
uname - print system information
SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.
-a, --all
print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown:
-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name
-n, --nodename
print the network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version
-m, --machine
print the machine hardware name
-p, --processor
print the processor type (non-portable)
-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform (non-portable)
-o, --operating-system
print the operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
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SEE ALSO
arch(1), uname(2)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname>
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GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 UNAME(1)