I’ve been using Linux as my main desktop/laptop operating system since 2018 and I’ve never compiled a kernel, if that’s any indication. I’ve never needed to I guess. Might be fun to tinker with sometime but I don’t think any Linux noobs would be inclined to compile their own kernel these days.
I’ve been using Linux since RedHat 3.0.3 and when Gentoo first came around I was rebuilding kernels left and right. Then with Arch I continued it trying to get the absolute best performance I could out of old hardware. Nowadays I float back and forth between Windows and MacOS (ease of use) but still have several headless Linux systems in the house I can mess around in. It’s been years since I’ve compiled a kernel from scratch but I’m sure it’s even more user friendly now.
I’ve been using Linux as my main desktop/laptop operating system since 2018 and I’ve never compiled a kernel, if that’s any indication. I’ve never needed to I guess. Might be fun to tinker with sometime but I don’t think any Linux noobs would be inclined to compile their own kernel these days.
I have been using 10+ distros and never compiled pretty much any regular package I use daily
I’ve been using Linux since RedHat 3.0.3 and when Gentoo first came around I was rebuilding kernels left and right. Then with Arch I continued it trying to get the absolute best performance I could out of old hardware. Nowadays I float back and forth between Windows and MacOS (ease of use) but still have several headless Linux systems in the house I can mess around in. It’s been years since I’ve compiled a kernel from scratch but I’m sure it’s even more user friendly now.