A long time ago, streamlining linux for your computer did avoid all the fuss with modules installation, that would fail often. Also, a long time ago Debian didn’t have many optimized kernels for you to pick, so compiling it for your CPU in particular made a lot of difference.
A long time ago, streamlining linux for your computer did avoid all the fuss with modules installation, that would fail often. Also, a long time ago Debian didn’t have many optimized kernels for you to pick, so compiling it for your CPU in particular made a lot of difference.
None of that is true today.