[ale] Modules

[Michael B Golden]

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:39:30 -0400 "Jim Popovitch"
<jimpop at rocketship.com> writes:
>Sure!  I do it all the time.  Samba, Diald, FTP, updates, bug-fixes, 
>new applications, and even a few games.  Where did you get the idea that
>everything had to be compiled?  Open Source means just that, it's 
>*open*, as in available for you to use.  It doesn't mean you have to
take 
>advantage of it's openness and compile everything.  Some guys (and gals)
do, but 
>then there are still those among us who change the oil in their own
cars.

No, I don't think you understood the question. I can download and install
games and programs (many of which I must compile, but not all). The
question relates more to stuff the kernel can do. For example, I do not
have the kernel source installed and I am using a precompiled kernel. The
precompiled kernels (at least the Slackware ones) do NOT have sound
support in them. I would like to add sound support but I can't compile
the kernel. How can I do that? Do I need to clarify more? Am I using the
wrong terminology?

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Michael Golden
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Slackware 3.5 (2.0.34) Linux user -- Linux Advocate

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