$ uname -r
2.6.18-abhinay

   w00t! this gonna be really cool. yeah ! this is my first compilation thing. Running Ubuntu Dapper (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS) on kernel 2.6.18 , awesome !

I didn’t expect that kernel compilation is very simple, but takes time even 45 min. to compile.

(well, i fallowed http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Kernel_Compilation_Dapper)

Now, it is somewhat fast when compared to the old kernel (default ubuntu kernel). and i got good experience compiling my own kernel