is it worth compiling my own kernel

From: dbd (dbd_at__NOSPAM_myrealbox.com)
Date: 02/28/04

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    Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:25:33 +0000

    hi,
    I have recently started using winex to play games in linux, finally freeing
    myself from the reboot to windows to play games. I heard it mentioned that
    compiling your own kernel can produce performance gains, and I was
    wondering how significant these would be? Also wondering how difficult it
    is - I have a bunderstandinganing of linux (write very simple shell
    scripts, practiced in compling and installing software, use the console
    lots), but the whole idea seems intimidating!

    By the way - I'm running mandrake 9.2 with KDE 3.2, nvidia Ti4200 128MB
    graphics card, 256MB RAM, Athlon 2000 @ 2000MHz and the cvs version of
    winex (till I have tested it to get the majority of games working!).

    thanks

    dbd

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