[lug] XGL: You gotta try it!

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:02:35AM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
>>A live CD that had to compile everything when you boot it would kind of 
>>suck, wouldn't it?
>
>Depends on how bored you are.  Might be fun to watch.  Heh.

A year or two ago there was a kernel hack that booted the kernel directly
from source.  It would compile it as it booted.  There were some benefits
beyond "Dude!  Cool!", but I can't remember what they were...

Anyone else remember this?

Thanks,
Sean
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 If everything you try works, you're not trying hard enough.
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