I’ve long wanted to get a handle on packaging kernels for Debian, and thanks to this article, now I’m trying it. Unfortunately the process is a little involved, and I’m not entirely sure I’m doing it right. Nevertheless, it’s going well so far.
So why package your own kernel? In short, Debian kernels are not vanilla kernels, and many times self-compiled kernels can leave a little to be desired. By following their official packaging procedures, you have a better chance of building something that not only works, but others can use.
Speaking of others…
None of this is very useful if it can’t be shared, so I’m looking into moving the entire thing to a public git repository. git is all the rage right now, everyone is doing it. I’ve often toyed with the idea of keeping my life in a private git repo, but that’s a bit overkill – I mean really, wtf is so important in my life that I can’t lose it? 
Time
There never seems to be enough time for anything anymore. Holding down the 8 to 5 followed by doing a piss-poor job at being a dad leaves little time to take care of personal projects. (They don’t tell you these things when you’re 16 and looking to get laid.) Time management appears to be the thing I need to be focusing on, primarily because I’m simply not getting anything done. By the time you subtract out all of the have-tos, you’re only left with an hour or two each day, and maybe then not even that. What else can go? Sleep? I’ll be 35 this November, and I don’t see sleep getting less important anytime soon.
More later…
