tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282959.post5494685380105215283..comments2010-05-12T17:44:07.761-04:00Comments on AA6E Station Log: Debian Purity, iMacs & the usbserial problemMartin Ewinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14329680325036851280aa6e@arrl.netBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282959.post-65914372449473953822009-01-27T18:59:00.000-05:002009-01-27T18:59:00.000-05:00Building your own kernel is good for the soul -- m...Building your own kernel is good for the soul -- maybe. It leads to problems, though, when there are kernel-dependent updates to be applied from the distros.<BR/><BR/>All in all, it was worth it to me to get a Debian supported usb serial device to avoid having to have a custom kernel.<BR/><BR/>MartinMartin Ewinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14329680325036851280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282959.post-32543311685093395352009-01-27T12:50:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:50:00.000-05:00Hello, nice to share your experience.While it is i...Hello, nice to share your experience.<BR/>While it is indeed sometime a problem for users, Debian tries to stick to it's "social contract"<BR/>http://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html<BR/><BR/>and I think it is a great thing to do.<BR/><BR/>The cheap way around your problem would be to build your own kernel from www.kernel.org sources. It's really easy to do so in Debian.<BR/><BR/>http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com