[lug] What tweaks are done to kernels by distributors

[B O'Fallon]

In general, what tweaks do Linux distributors do to the kernel before
releasing it in their versions of Linux? I understand that Red Hat
does some, but do the other distributors do also? If they do tweak
them, what kind of tweaks are done --- I couldn't find anything about
this at the RH site.

I ask this because I want to upgrade my RH 7.0 kernel to 2.2.18, which
RH has not released under their own version. (I do not want to go to
2.4 right now).

I was thinking of using the version available from kernel.org, but am
wondering what kind of problems that this might cause since it is not
RH "tweaked".

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