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   Nick Boel to Maurice Kinal   
   Re: and that song ain't so very far from   
   11 Aug 25 19:41:20   
   
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   MSGID: 373.tuxpower@1:154/700 2cffc526   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/955e50fea Aug 10 2025 GCC 15.1.1   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.29-Linux master/955e50fea Aug 10 2025 GCC 15.1.1   
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   Hey Maurice!   
      
   On Mon, Aug 11 2025 17:49:17 -0500, you wrote:   
      
   >> Took me about 60 seconds including the reboot   
       
   > There is no way that is possible.  I am guessing that even a 96   
   > penguin threadripper would take at least minutes to compile a beefy   
   > kernel, with modules from hell, as well as gzip them, and then   
   > archive/compress the entire thing into one tidy package using xz,   
   > which I believe is still a single threaded app.  Sorry but I have to   
   > call bullshit on this one.   
      
   Who said anything about compiling? ;)   
      
   "Linux version 6.15.9-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)" is precompiled before it gets   
   to me, and I install it with 'pacman', the Archlinux package manager.   
      
   It literally takes about 30 seconds to download and install a new kernel. Then   
   another 30 seconds or so to reboot the VM so the new kernel is used.   
   Definitely beats watching a single package compile for 4+ hours. Plus, I don't   
   need every bit of boot-up time and processing power or even special modules or   
   anything like that, that tinkering with a custom kernel would possibly get me   
   these days.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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