Installing a compiler by default

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 15:15 -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> 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.
> 

Actually I use PPTP to connect to a Microsoft VPN, it works OOTB (the
kernel side anyway - userspace tools have a ways to go).

I guess you're referring to Cisco VPN client?

Lee