Are there any good guides out there you'd recommend for how to fine-tune a Linux kernel installation?
The kernel seems to have a bewildering number of options, and I'm not sure which ones I need or which ones don't even apply to me. I wish I could tell it, 'I have a laptop, so I don't have any PCI slots or any ISA slots or any way to add any hardware that's not in the machine right now, so YOU figure out what I need in the kernel.'
Edit: I agree with y'all that trial and error is a good way to learn how to tune the kernel; but I feel like I've reached a plateau in my trialing and erroring and I'd really like a good guide on the subject. Surely there's been something written about this, even if my googling can't find anything worthwhile?
The kernel seems to have a bewildering number of options, and I'm not sure which ones I need or which ones don't even apply to me. I wish I could tell it, 'I have a laptop, so I don't have any PCI slots or any ISA slots or any way to add any hardware that's not in the machine right now, so YOU figure out what I need in the kernel.'
Edit: I agree with y'all that trial and error is a good way to learn how to tune the kernel; but I feel like I've reached a plateau in my trialing and erroring and I'd really like a good guide on the subject. Surely there's been something written about this, even if my googling can't find anything worthwhile?
