Michael K. wrote: > I just don't see the advantage of pearing down the modules like hat. > What do I gain by not having usb-printing support there? > Mike K. > What "there"? When you plug a USB printer into your laptop your kernel loads a module. If I had the module my laptop would do the same thing. Heck, I could load the EXACT same kernel you have if I wanted to. At some point each of us have to choose which modules we want and which we don't want. What I was trying to say is that you can't have every module. You can always find something missing, or buy something new. (As an example I recently Wooted a USB TV tuner. Now I can guarantee that none of my Linux boxes have the needed module(s) installed. What should I do? Install a new Distribution from scratch!?) How many times have you or Larry or someone else talked about loading one Distribution to find the system lacked support for a given device, then load a different Distribution to find the first device was supported, but now something else wasn't supported? I remember Larry going through that painful process for quite some time. What Mike B. and I tried to get across to everyone was that it was totally unneeded. Load the Distribution you want and then build any missing modules. Some time ago I started building my own kernels. When I did that I built only the modules for the specific target system's hardware. Sure, it would have been nice to have pre-built the USB printer modules... I just never thought about it since I don't own any. Nothing gained, except a bit of time doing the compilation/building of the kernel-package. Chuck