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New Linux Kernel Configuration System

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Eric S. Raymond tried to replace the Linux kernel's configuration system with "something better", he got booed off the stage. Now Roman Zippel is bravely having his own go at it. Here's an interview with Roman and a look at his new configuration system, aimed for inclusion into the 2.5 development kernel. Also, find some screenshots of his new graphical configuration frontend."

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  1. Ironic... by cat5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    that the kerneltrap topic id is 404...

  2. 416 Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Slashdotted
    The requested URL could not be accessed by any more hot grits.

    Additionally, a 416 Slashdotted error was encountered while trying to use a Beowulf cluster to cache the request.

    Apache/1.3.26 Server at www.cowboyneal.net Port 80

  3. ESR's software won't work by burris · · Score: 1, Funny

    Many people are suggesting that a primary reason why ESR's work was rejected is because it required Python to build the kernel. Well, I would like to interject that a new build system is still desperately needed. I built a kernel the other day and had to install all sorts of extra crap to do so. Can we please have a configuration system that doesn't depend on outside tools? I do not want to have to install gcc, gmake, libc, etc... just to build a new kernel!

    burris

  4. Re:Linux is often misleading by dyslexia · · Score: 1, Funny

    Unless they've changed, linksys puts a readme on the floppy that tells you to use the tulip driver.

    RTFM I guess...

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    --Have a Johsonville brat.