Installing a compiler by default

Shawn McMahon smcmahon at eiv.com
Fri Jun 9 20:15:35 BST 2006


On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 01:26:20PM -0400, Lee Revell said:
> 
> How common is it really for Joe User to have to compile a kernel module
> to get his hardware to work?

Probably not very, with Ubuntu.  More common is to compile a kernel
module to get his corporate VPN to work.  However, anybody capable of
pulling that off can also download a compiler, so I agree with the
stance that we don't need it by default.


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