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Is there any point for a normal user to compile a custom kernel these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 hours ago by Slashme@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Up until the early 2000s I used to compile my own kernel, carefully selecting only the options that I needed.

Then I realised that I wasn't saving memory, because almost everything was a module anyway.

Is there any actual benefit to using a custom kernel on consumer hardware that's supported by the stock kernels?

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 10 points 8 hours ago

In all my time with Linux, I have never once recompiled. I'd go as far to say as it is never necessary for a normo to do it.